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

["John Van Winkle" <appleiieman@charter.net>]

Sounds liek to me you have bragging rights.....especially since it sounds
like you got some good HW out of the deal.  Whether you make that work or
not, the HW can be used in other machines.



"brad" <mrbrad@(remove)ll.net> wrote in message
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> 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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