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Re: Transwarp II photos posted online



heuser.marcus@freenet.de wrote:
On Aug 27, 3:52 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

Ralf Kiefer wrote:

I think that my card was the first accelerator (@12,5MHz, CMOS
instruction set) for use in a //e because I did a little bit debugging
within the special //e-hardware test in ROM. Probably it was also the
last. But I don't know.

When was the MCT SpeedDemon?


For what it's worth:

I have a picture file with an ad that, naturally, shows a card
(a bit of the good old hardware porn ;-).

Printed on the card is "copyright 1984" with the usual c in a circle.
Next to it is printed FAB 8505-2 which hints at the production year
and month because the "newest" chips on the card are dated 8515.
Additionally, the CPU is a R65C02P3.

The MCT SpeedDemon was apparently also designed in 1984, and in
mid-1985 it was reviewed in Apple Assembly Lines.  IIRC, I got mine
(through a Call-A.P.P.L.E. special) in early 1985.

-michael

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