Re: Special needs GS?

[Brian A. Davis <badavis@deleteme.rogers.com>]

On 2006-02-23 00:01:25 -0400, "mspangler" <mspangler@gemsi.com> said:

> I just acquired a GS from a junk store.  It was from a school, and is a
> ROM 1. It had a memory card, but only with the stock 256k RAM in it. It
> also was fitted out with an Adaptive Peripherals card that has two
> cables that go to an external box with a Centronics type connector, a
> switch, and two mini-plug sockets that say SW-1 and SW-2. The card has
> a 65SC816 processor on it, a ROM, but no RAM that I can see.

Adaptive Peripherals made a range of special needs interfaces for Apple 
II computers. There are a couple of different interface cards that 
connect to external pointing devices, special keyboards, graphic 
tablets, etc. I have never seen an AP card with a 65SC816 processor. Do 
you have a picture you could post.

Here is some additional info:

http://apple2.org.za/gswv/a2zine/Docs/AdaptiveFirmwareCard.txt

> There was also a Franklin card. It has three dip switches, one of which
> is labled Slot 1-7. Hardware is a 2k ROM, a 2116 chip (?) a 4.9 MHz
> crystal, and a 1488 and 1489 pair. So I assume that there is a serial
> port on the card. There are also two headers. A 20 pin in 2 rows of 10,
> and a 16 pin single row. The rest of the chips are straight TTL.

If your Franklin card looks like this:

http://apple2.cometdust.ca/a2_cards/pages/page_71.html

it is a Franklin-Dual Interface card. This has a serial and a parallel 
port on one card.

> I am assuming solely because of the Adaptive Peripherals card, and that
> the school hung onto it for so long,  that it was from the special
> needs department.  Does anyone have any other information on that or
> the Franklin maybe-serial card?
>
> Thanks;
> Mike S.

I hope this points you in the right direction to find more information.

Regards,

BrianD