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Re: Need help with this card



"Dan Ritter" <dritter@angelfire.com> wrote:

>I got this serial card.  But it came with no disk or manual so I'm not sure
>how to use it.  It has a 6850 UART on it so that's why I figured it was a
>serial board.  I am hoping I can use it to transfer disks between the apple
>and the pc.
>
>On the box it say's intelligent interface series Communications Interface
>Card. A280003.
>
>On the card I see Rev 1 DP8304.
>
>The date on the box and the chips on the card is dated 1979.
>
>Anyone know this card and what I would need to make use of it?  Any help
>would be appreciated.
>
>[...]  is made by Apple Computer.  I have the box for it.

    I'm not certain, but it sounds like it could be the (circa 1978)
Apple II Communications Card. If it is, it would only support a
limited serial connection up to 300 bits per second and I'm not
even certain it could be used in a null-modem configuration
(I'm just going from memory here).

    It predates the Apple Super Serial Card which replaced the
Communications Card and Serial Interface Card.

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca