Re: Apple IIe Diagnostic Card

[Stephen Shaw <xstephenx@apple2.org.za>]

On 04 Feb 2002 20:57:04 GMT, Quadrajet1 wrote:

>>>Hmmm... I'm wondering if this card is NOT for the platinum Apple IIe? I have
>>>two of these diagnostic cards, and both of them give off the exact same
>>>symptoms. I'm placing the card in slot 7, and pulled out all the other cards
>>>except for the 80-column ext card. Would anyone be able to clarify this?
>>>Thanks!
>>
>>IRC, this card was for the Apple ][+.  I believe that the built-in diagnostic
>>on the //e was used to qualify it as "disk-capable" and further tests were
>>run from disk.
>>
>>-michael
>
>     At one time I had about 40 of them cards, still have about 10 of them.
> They are for the //e, but they may have problem with the newer ROM on the
> platinum //e.  More specifically, the //e with the 1 ROM chip.  I haven't
> plugged one in for several years, so I don't know for a fact.
>
>    Now, I used to have a card that had different version of the ROMs in it
> that were for the PAL //e.  Sorry, but I didn't keep a copy of the ROMs for
> posterity.

Raymond I have the PAL ROM. Contact me by removing the x's from my address.

>
>    The card was not for the ][+, although I did have a ][+ diagnostics card
> from Apple that only had 2 chips on it.  Basically all it did was put it in
> a RAM loop test.  Sold that card on ebay almost 3 years ago.
>
> Raymond

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