Re: 65816 coprocessor options..

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Matt Jenkins <mdvj@one.net.au> wrote:

>Over the years, there have been quite a few add-on's to supply 65816
>processing on a //e..
>
>The AE devel board.
>Checkmate made a similar product.
>The Transwarp II IIRC has a 65816 socket..
>AE Z-RAM Ultra for the //c also has such a port.
>
>Also, AE used to advertise a 65816 option in the RamWorks III
>ads, now whether this was an actual piggy-back board for the ramworks
>or simply the 65816 devel board I'm not sure.. (or maybe the devel board
>requires a ramworks...).
>
>Anyway, I got to thinking, surely there must have been 1 piece of
>software that actually used this ability, though I can't think of one
>(anyone help me out ?)

VIP Professional would take advantage of it.  In fact, in some
AE advertisements, they actually sold VIP Professional as
as an option.  The only other program I can think of is some
version of the Merlin assembler.

The release of the Apple IIGS pretty much destroyed the
standard AE was trying to make.