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Apple II+ Mystery Card
I have a mystery card in my Apple II+.
It is in Slot 4. It has a white board, and the only markings on it are
as follows:
On the lower right corner on the front, it says
SL5B
Rev A
On the lower left corner on the back, it says
SL5A
Rev A
(these are on the board itself)
There are 7 smaller chips with 14 pins, one slightly larger chip with 20
pins, and one large chip with 24 pins. This last has a sticker on it
with this handwritten note:
ISI (or, unclear) I8I (those are the letter i, not the
number 1)
2 2
The wiring is very simple. When I type "PR#4" in Dos 3.3, it gives me a
screen full of black-on-white astericks, and does nothing else.
I haven't seen this card in any other Apple II+ computers before. My
wife got this computer sometime in high school (about 6-7 years ago).
Any ideas on what this card might be would be appreciated. It's just a
little question that's bothered me for awhile...
One last thing; on the keyboard, there is a sticker that says "This
Computer is supercharged with Microsoft Mach 10!" but I've been told this
was something for the IBM, so is probably a red herring.
Please e-mail me at flodin@seanews.akita.com
or if that bounces, post. Thank you!
New Info; perhaps this is a CP/M card? I peeled up the sticker on the
large chip, and there is this little 1/4 inch glass circle. I can see
into the chip. And on the chip, I can just barely make out some numbers.
My best guess for these numbers are: D271*-7 (the asterisk could be a G
or C). Then, 112D3DC5. These are the only numbers I can see on the main
chip. If this is a CP/M card, what would I do with it?
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