Re: Apple II mistery card...

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <BD479608.BD1E%delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com>,
Richard Kilpatrick  <delorean@NOSPAMbtconnect.com> wrote:
>On 17/8/04 9:23 am, in article XfjUc.22836$g4.429866@news2.nokia.com,
>"mario" <gianmarioRE.scottiMO@nokiaVE.com> wrote:
>> But I have another mistery card: it has a 6522 (VIA) and another TTL IC on
>> it, nothing else. It has a cable that ends in a 25 DSUB female connector. It
>> could be some kind of parallel port, or maybe it's this Apple mouse card I
>> hear talking about. What do you gentlemen think?
>
>Serial card of some sort, or possibly networking (lack of a buffer is
>confusing)?

A serial card would have a 6551 on it.  A parallel card sounds a little more
likely, but the lack of a ROM throws some water on that possibility (PR#1 on
a card with no ROM would crash the computer).

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