Re: bragging rights..might have something unique ...modified apple //e pretty wild looking

["brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net>]

no...but it does have prodos and dos 3.3 disks with it..the apple //e self
test came up ok..but the video was funny on the monitor screen i used off
the reg //e motherboard port..it has 2 leads off the card 3 dapple card
...one says monitor..the other looks like what you plug into said electron
microscope..

anyway i'll have to try more standard disks...

below is a post of what the author/inverntor of the 2 dapple type boards one
was called below..they were sold to and modified by dapple..they have also
dapple stickers on them and so does the 'acclerator //e model' card..that
also has a dapple sticker on it..not sure if they did anything to that too

anyway again what is in it more/less below

i did just pull the cards out..they are:

microworks ds65a 1984 that is in slot 3

imageworks 1985 in proslot arrangement mentioned above slot 7

both have a dapple sticker so i don't know if they were modified further

manuals are:

operators manual dapple systems "imageplus+"

technical manual dapple systems "imageplus"

the 3.5" disks i have are:

(1) imageplus operating programs master dapple systems 5/7/89

(2) imageplus operating programs master dapple systems 9/18/88

(1) utilities prodos dapple systems

(1) utilities dos 3.3 dapple systems

(1) hand labeled disk called "job 602101 dapple IA"

(1) hand labeled disk called "data"


brad
former sysop at lost-gonzo.com

mrbrad at ll dot net




<exegete@nunya.biz> wrote in message
news:4143709c$1_5@corp.newsgroups.com...
> Have you tried to boot standard AppleDOS and ProDOS software on it?
>
> Roy
>
> brad wrote:
> > the below is a link to an item that did not sell on ebay...i got the
item
> > after it did not sell and essentially got the lot for shipping....saving
it
> > from a dumpster death...
> >
> > the link to the non-sale ebay is below..with a pic..
> > .
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5117812189
> >
> > here is the ebay plug.. a very modified apple //e...that you can see
with
> > the pic..this is a very odd comercially modified apple //e for science
> > purposes
> >
> > start of plug  what was put up on ebay...(by the way the pic is pretty
wierd
> > too)
> >
> > This apple IIe was made in about 1985 and was in good condition to my
> > knowledge when i turned it on a couple days ago. It is modified for
dapple
> > image analysis. It will include: printer 2 disk drives, mouse, computer,
> > keyboard, monitor, and all the needed cables except for the printer
cable
> > which came off and will probably need to be replaced. The screen is 9.5
by 7
> > inches. This computer will come with some programs but you probably not
be
> > able to find any more because it is so old. This computer would be good
for
> > parts also.
> >
> >
> > ok...except for very modified //e with extra dials and gizmos
> > picture......and the statement "modified for dapple image analysis" and
a
> > couple other things mentioned..when contacting the guy for info...he
> > mentioned it had an 'acclerator //e' and proslot card and other
mods....this
> > dapple image analysis was used on electron microscopes back in the
> > day....and also sonar or whatever.....i think it was someone on
> > comp.sys.apple (bill g?) who pointed me to a resume of a guy who filled
me
> > in....essentially this apple //e took video from a video camera and
modified
> > it to graphs...image anaylisis etc etc...i tried reading the manual got
like
> > 2 paragraphs into it ..and my head started to hurt and i was lost....so
you
> > have video or a pic and you run image analysis on said data thru these
> > special dapple cards and apple modified o/s via ramdisk accelator
etc..and
> > viola you then plot data from your electron microscope pic...and chart
graph
> > look for ufo's with it or whatever...
> >
> > anyway...i'd add some pics..it is pretty wild looking inside...but my
> > digital camera is crap....again i refer you to the ebay pic above...
> >
> > anyway...inside...it has what seems to be an applied engineeering heavy
duty
> > power supply...it has a ramworks card w/piggy back on it...3 meg i
think? it
> > has a grappler plus printer card..it has a scientific but production
guality
> > card by 'red shift ltd' with two video port cables coming out...it has
an
> > accelerator card the //'accelerator //e' model but it has an 'dapple
> > systems' sticker on a chip on the card..not sure it they souped it up or
> > not? .it has a 3.5" drive card LIRON card  in slot 6 (nothing is in slot
5)
> > .i forgot to mention the dapple video card is in slot 3...it has a
proslot
> > card (which is a card i never heard of before..it is the size of the
apple
> > 3.5" controller card...but has two slots horizontal....so that card
plugs
> > into slot 7 and mounted sideways on it off the end of slot 7 is another
red
> > shift production quality card with cables going to the micro tuning
dials on
> > the front of the modified apple //e....the second card mounted sideways
> > horizontal off the proslot card is a standard //e mousecard/with mouse
> > arrangement..... also inside is a heavily modified paddle adapple brand
game
> > port switch mounted in front of the ae powersupply ..with what looks
like a
> > modified chip inside and the game port cable heading off to i assume the
> > game i/o port.lots of jumpers and wires bouncing around said modified
> > chip...also mounted as mentioned before where the keyboard used to be is
a
> > couple of very very fine tuning controls of some kind...it also has an
> > extenal metal extended keyboard with more dials....along with 2 unidisk
> > drives software and manuals...the manuals are a tech manual and an
imageplus
> > plus manual and some special disks 6 or 7..with their special operating
> > system...the roms on the apple //e have also be modified....
> >
> > anyway..it boots a special software package called " scientific
> > microprograms MSMS memory and disk management system for the enhanced
apple
> > //e"
> >
> > this apple // OS uses both sides of the disk...is a modified dos 3.3
> > ..claims  to be much faster then prodos...and essentially runs everthing
> > from (i think it is) a 3meg ramdisk setup inside the apple //e)....the
image
> > analysis cards do their magic and then from a scientific menu of various
> > options i can barely get thru with the scientific jargon....you then
play
> > god i guess with your apple //e and electron microscope in the lab...and
do
> > kackling laughs as you manipulate data..(or so i assume i read some more
of
> > the manual ..and my head hurt again and i had to take a nap)
> >
> > anyway...does anyone have (or played with) one of these beasts? and is
it as
> > rare as i expect it is? (heck they even knocked out the apple //e label
on
> > the front and put in a dapple systems label instead"....and if so ...can
i ?
> > do i dare?
> >
> > CLAIM BRAGGING RIGHTS TO HAVING AN APPLE //E THAT CAN RUN AN ELECTRON
> > MICROSCOPE?......COOL....
> >
> > of course....i'm not smart enough to figure out the manual..so that an't
> > likely...i'd ever get it to work...not to mention it is probably a crime
to
> > actually part this beast out....i turn it on..and everything works...or
> > seems too...menus come up...and the silly //e actually looks like it
expects
> > me to do something important with it...again an't likely...and
considering
> > the rom modifications...suspected accelerator modifications...etc...i
doubt
> > anyone could get one of these up again if they tried...i was actually
> > shocked it actually booted up...if one wire would have popped loose ...i
> > never would have figured it out...but seems to work like a champ
> >
> > anyway check the pic out...from the defunct ebay link....i guess i saved
it
> > from a dumpster end...if anyone else has one of these contact me or for
that
> > manner ever ran one in a lab someplace in university or some such....i
guess
> > i'll encase it in rubbermaid containers like the rest of my stuff i seem
to
> > save and never do anything with...or at least much (the 15 sider drives
> > cheer from bsmt)...
> >
> > if the great minnesota earthquake hits ...archeologists will......find
much
> > to marvel at in my apple // rubbermaid encased basement
> >
> > anyway....let me know if i have bragging rights or not...and if some one
has
> > something that can run the hubble space telescope or something fire
away..we
> > will make it a contest..
> >
> > (i of course bow in awe of all those apple 1 users out there...i am not
> > worthy.....)
> >
> > anyway that was my basic nerdy friday nite....(note to self must get
digital
> > camera..decent one)
> >
> > brad
> > former sysop lost gonzo bbs
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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