Re: Help with IIe card

[sdspitfire@hotmail.com]

On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:43:30 -0700 (PDT), a2aviator@gmail.com wrote:

>The Engineering Dept. is the same group that designed the PC
>Transporter.
>
>The details are not coming to me at the moment but Apple made a run of
>these cards in order to equip a large lot of ][ Plus machines with 64K
>as part of a donation of the machines, or a sale at a fire sale like
>price to a foreign country. I'm thinking the number is in the 600's or
>so.
>
>Applied Engineering made a similar card with the GAL and two SRAMs and
>offered it in place of the traditional DRAM based 16K card.
>
>The AE one was called the "Pocket Rocket" and has an art deco styled
>rocket etched onto it.
>
>http://16sector.com/a2-gallery/ - last row contains an image.
>
>I have several of each type of these.

Wow, only 600, that means I can list it as "UBER RARE" on eBay !!  lol

Wonder why it was in IIe, it along with other cards. Maybe just a way
to sell as part of a lot.

Anyhow, thanks for the info.