Re: Microsoft Premium Softcard //e doesn't fit in my Apple //e!

[Linards Ticmanis <ticmanis@gmx.de>]

On 02/18/2013 05:19 PM, justin.w.clancy@gmail.com wrote:

> The good news is that someone wants to buy this card... the bad news is that there is nothing on ebay for the //e Europe version and I don't know where else to look.  Any suggestions for vintage Apple markets?

It would probably be cheaper for you to get a US mainboard for your IIe.
What do you use as a monitor? If it's a TV set and it is not too old,
there's a chance that it supports NTSC just as well as PAL. Plus, the
NTSC Apples have a better picture quality.


> 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.

The "classic" Microsoft Softcard works very well in a IIe, in fact AFAIK
there was some modification done during the development of the IIe
specifically to make it compatible to the Softcard. You can use the
80col mode with the classic softcard as well; but I think you cannot use
the extra RAM, at least not with the standard 56K CP/M 2.20 and 60K CP/M
2.23 versions.

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Linards Ticmanis