Re: AppleCrate II

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Tony Kavadias wrote:
> (To Michael... I know you're out there...!)
>
> With the AppleCrateII, is it the case that each Apple II motherboard
> has 64 K of memory, since there is no Extended 80 Column Card
> installed on any of the slave boards?

Yes, that's correct.

I considered a few schemes to include another 64KB within the tight
vertical clearance, but finally decided that 64KB would be a constraint
on the slave machines.  Since they are programmed in Applesoft, the
bank-switched extra 64KB is not much missed.

> Can the master board have the Extended 80 Column Card installed, and
> does NadaNet use the extra memory for anything?

The extended 80-column card is installed in the master machine, but,
again, it gets little use beyond 80-columns.

> Really impressive project!  Love reading about it!

Thanks, it was great fun doing it, and still inspires me.  ;-)

> Cheers!

Right on!

-michael

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