Re: Apple ][ .. on an ISA card???

[gser@sheppyware.ml.org (Dan 'GSer' Krass)]

Sounds like the Apple PC LocalTalk card.  I have one squirreled
away here, and don't feel like digging it out, so someone else can
confirm.

--GSer
gser@jadetech.com

On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 14:40:09 -0800, Ward C. Travis wrote:
>>
>>Here's another "mystery card" for the net to identify. If it is what I
>>think it must be, I'm stunned that I never heard of it before.
>>
>>It's an 8-bit ISA card for the Intel range of computers. Postcard form
>>factor. The card is Apple-branded and is copyright Apple Computer 1986.
>>The part number is 820-0151-D (I think); the serial number is A70000201 .
>>The metal bulkhead even has the Apple perfectly stamped right into the
>>metal.
>>
>>The components on this card include:
>>
>>   6502  (65C02P2; Rockwell)
>>   8530  (Zilog SCC)
>>   Apple-branded EPROM: P/N 342-0007-B
>>         (AMD 2764A) Copyright Apple `87
>>   64kB RAM  (NEC D4364C) 150ns
>>   Three PALs: card art labels them as
>>         DMA, PCI, IPO
>>   DB-9 outboard (on ISA bulkhead) connector
>>   Eight-switch DIP switch
>>
>>I figure it's either some contorted PC Appletalk adapter from the dawn of
>>AppleTalk or it's an Apple II hardware coprocessor with a CGA port on the
>>back for video out.
>>
>>If anyone can clue me in on this, I'd be grateful. If it is indeed an
>>Apple II coprocessor, I wonder aloud whether or not it can be used in any
>>world other than a DOS 3 or later system... I found this card deep in a
>>warehouse bin and there is, of course, no manual.