e-person@libero.it wrote:
I don't know this beast, however lots of ROM surely sounds like a Chinese character generator for sure. Maybe the Z80 is used to run an oncard Input Method Editor, allowing you to type chinese from a standard keyboard. The IME card would need lots of ROM too that contains the possible spellings for a given sequence of phonetic input. Also IME running in the Apple II main RAM would waste too much RAM by far.
In other words, a language card?
Heh. Yes, but not what is usually called a "Language Card" in Apple II speak. 'Cause that name means a 16K extension for the Apple II and II+, originaly designed to be used to run *programming* languages (not natural languages!) other than the built-in BASIC without wasting too much of the standard 48K RAM.
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