On 02/18/2013 03:10 PM, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
Also, would one of the older softcards or clones work in a //e? I specifically wanted the //e softcard because of the 80 cols and (to a lesser degree) the extra RAM.
You probably don't want to hear this, but it would be a lot easier to replace your Euro //e than to find a Euro Premium Softcard...
The card you really want is the PCPI Applicard / MicroPro Starcard. At 6Mhz. it's faster than any of the Microsoft cards and it can easily be hotrodded to 8Mhz.
Besides that, the driver support is far more extensive. Full source-code for the system and all drivers (OEM and third-party) is available in the wild and the API documentation is also out there.
If you were serious about CP/M on Apples "back in the day", this was the board you wanted.
It uses a conventional slot and will work in any Apple. In fact, Alex Freed built an Applicard clone that is small enough to fit in an Apple III and it works fine with the newly-discovered A3 Applicard OS!
Seems like there might be a market for another run of the Freed boards - Alex? I have one of my Freed clones running at 20Mhz :-).
Steve