Re: what apple is this?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Patrick Schaefer wrote:
> Guillaume Tello schrieb:
>
> > I need an identification of this Apple whose label has been lost.
> >
> > http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gtello/whatapple1.jpg
> > http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gtello/whatapple2.jpg
>
>
> That's a GTAC-2, a Generic Taiwanese Apple Clone Type 2. This is 
> basically an Apple II plus circuit with on-board language and Z80 card. 
> It uses eight 4164 chips to provide the 64k and has only six slots  - 
> slot 0 and 4 are missing due to the on-board functions. Usually the ROM 
> sits on a small PCB which goes into the position of slot 0.

This one seems to have seven slots...

> On the photo you can see the Z80A CPU below the 6502.
>
>
> A GTAC-1 has the original Apple II plus board, modified for 2716 or 2732 
>  EPROMs and a lowercase character set.
>
> In the late 80s, these computers were sold in almost any 
> electronics/computer store in Europe. Their "brand names" ranged from 
> "Orange II" over "Telstar", "Mewa-48", "Mewa-64" to such simple 
> descriptions as "48k-Computer". The label must not necessesarily have 
> gotten lost, usually there was no label in this place!
>
> You had to pay around EUR 500,- for a 48k GTAC-1, around 600,- for a 
> GTAC-2, and 500,- for a disk drive as shown on the second photo. An 
> empty mainboard was around EUR 50,- that time, an empty expansion card 
> (I built my Z80 card myself that time...) was around EUR 15,-).

-michael

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