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Re: Cortland Prototype?



Exegete wrote:
Has any one seen this auction?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4120144352&category=171

Claims to be a prototype of the IIgs.

I recall seeing a Cortland during a visit to Applied Engineering in 1986. The unit they had was in a IIe case, but the system firmware was in a T-shaped daughterboard arrangement plugged into a single DIP socket. They explained to me that earlier units were shipped with (4) smaller EPROMS due to short supply of larger-capacity (for that time) EPROMs.

IIRC, it was referred to as an "airplane" due to its shape.

Steve