Re: Is it true that Apple computers can run MS DOS?

[ludemann@netcom.com (Peter Ludemann)]

In article <3k2t07$blk@thelair.zynet.com>,
Brendan Conoboy <synk@thelair.zynet.com> wrote:
>>In article <12MAR199516574007@cc.weber.edu> mkeeney@cc.weber.edu (Michael Keeney) writes:
>>
>>> I'm no expert, but the Apple II series as far as I'm aware has never
>>> been able to run MSDOS, but the new Power Macintoshes can, at least to
>>
>
>There was a card called the "PC Transporter" for the Apple II GS, which was
>basically an 8086 (or something of the sort) motherboard that plugged into
>one of the GS slots.  It was made by Applied Engineering and needed extra
>parts to work right (like pc floppy drives).  Too bad it didn't have a 386
>on it.  With the 1.25 megs my GS has, and the 768k it game with, it could
>run Linux :-)

I know that there was a Z80-based card because I once had to fix an
Apple II that had been to the shop a few times.  It turned out that
the CPU on the Z80 card was in the same position as the CPU on one of
the Apple cards and the combined heat due to their proximity had
caused the Z80 card to warp.  I moved it to a different slot (as I
recall, it could be put in only a couple of the available slots) and
it worked fine.  [So much for the theory that software people can't
fix hardware.]

My memory on this beastie is a little dim; I think that the user had a
choice of booting either as an Apple or as MS-DOS (or was it CP/M?).
I don't recall whether there were different diskette drives for use
with the Z80 card.
-- 
Peter Ludemann                      ludemann@netcom.com