Re: Apple IIe TCP-IP w/ LANceGS Card

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
20031220012012.03823.00001381@mb-m07.aol.com">news:20031220012012.03823.00001381@mb-m07.aol.com...
: Marsha wrote:
:
: >I haven't looked at the binary of the workstation ROM to
figure out what
: >executes on card vs. what executes on the motherboard, but in
terms of low
: >level coding it would have been simpler to tell the
programmers to program
: >for a 65C02 for all the code rather than some 6502 only and
some 65C02...
:
: I don't think there would be much simplification, since one set
of software
: is "firmware" and the other is driver software.
:
: Except for religious reasons, they might just as well used a
Z-80 for the
: card.

Mike,

Would it be possible to use the Z-80 on a card
instead of a 65C02 for a smartport device that
would connect to the floppy port on the IIc?
I'm not sure if the Z-80 is easier or harder
to program than the 65C02, but I am under the
assumption that the analog card in a UniDisk
3.5" drive is a standalone computer more or
less. Shouldn't matter what type of computer
then in that case. Right?

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