Re: Unidentified IIe Card !!!

[seb <mo.cheez@wanadoo.fr>]

in article 3905730a.0@news.acay.com.au, Leslie Ayling at
layling@intercoast.com.au wrote on 25/04/00 12:28:

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> seb <mo.cheez@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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>> Bought a used IIe that came with several cards, but there's one that's
>> unidentified...
>> It's a long card (not that long) with nothing written on it except a grey
>> sticker that reads "DEC QC-OK". Then there are 16 little chips from
> various
>> makes, and one bigger from Nec that says "PIY386-147 D780C"
>> There are also a small set of 4 jumpers and a red led...
>> 
>> I have no idea of what that might be !
>> 
>> Any suggestions ?
>> 
>> Seb.
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> From memory, D780C is NEC's version of the Z-80 processor.
> The 4 jumpers and the LED would perhaps suggest that it is a
> Microsoft Softcard Clone.
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> Leslie
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Yeah, that's what many other people seem to think...
Was that the early beginings of PC-compatibility on Apple computers ?