Re: What's in your Apple?

[mdj <mdj.mdj@gmail.com>]

On Oct 14, 1:46 am, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Here's a general survey/discussion thread where you can name your Apple(s)
> and then list what cards you have in which slots. If all of the slots are
> full, then you could give your explanation as to which card(s) are most
> important and why.

The one I actually use:

Platinum IIe with
1. Workstation Card or Super Serial as the occasion demands
2. Timemaster II HO
3. Videx Ultraterm
4. Mouse
5. Superdrive controller
6. Disk ][
7. Rev C SCSI

AUX: RamWorks III with 1mb installed and an RGB option card
Accel: 4Mhz Zip

There is also an ancillary option (home built) that gives me a
'programmers switch' for manually generating IRQ and NMI signals

Usually slot 1 has something else I'm working/playing on, like a Focus
card or Carte Blanche. I'm hoping that when Carte Blance has more
mature images I can retire many of the devices in there. The
superdrive is in there because I used to use it to sneakernet data on/
off the PC, as is the workstation card. I have a rs-232 to bluetooth
dongle attached to the super serial card and I find that combined with
ProTerm a pretty good combination for data transfers without having to
leave my seat (which is what I used the Workstation card for)

I consider the ultraterm a *must* for long hours in front of a 60Hz
CRT. Used to use a 1084s commodore monitor attached to the RGB port,
but clarity wins out over colour these days. I hope the Carte Blache
will eventually provide both.

About the only thing I want for is a faster accelerator (my 8Mhz zip
expired and I had to use a Transwarp until I found a cheap enough 4Mhz
zip to replace it) and more RAM on the RamWorks. I am sure the CB will
eventually provide the former, and that Henry will come to the party
with an extender card for the RamWorks.

Of course, I have good examples of other machines, but these are
packed away - it's the IIe that I'm both nostalgically and technically
attracted to, something that has never changed since the day I first
laid eyes on one.

Matt