Re: APPLI-Card from PCPI

[jruschme@hiway1.exit109.com (John Ruschmeyer)]

In article <5gpvde$gdf$2@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>,
Dennis Fenton <defenton@minet.gov.mb.ca> wrote:
>I just got a mystery card labelled APPLI-Card made by Personal Computing
>Products Inc. It is very long and has a support tab at the front. It has
>Bootstrap V 9.0 on one of the chips. Does anyone know anything about this
>card? Does it need its own software? Thank you for any information.

It's a Z-80 coprocessor card, like the Microsoft Softcard. It is much better
than (and incompatible with) the Softcard in that it contains its own 64K
of memory and a 4mhz (or 6mhz) Z-80.  At one time, it was the fastest CP/M
option around.

There's a guy named John Baker who has an excellent page on CP/M options
for the Apple ][. He has a page devoted to the Applicard and may be able to
help you get set up with software.

<<<John>>>