Re: 65c816 in a IIc

["Warren 'Llama' Ernst" <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Apr 19, 2:49 pm, gids...@sasktel.net wrote:
> Has anyone successfully used the 65c816 in a IIc that is claimed with
> using the Z-Ram Ultra cards without any additional hardware?  Is this
> a special chip designed for the IIc?  I don't imagine one can pull the
> 65c816 from a IIGS and have it work.
>
> http://www.vectronicsappleworld.com/ads/ads/appleiic/aem.jpg
>
> I am asking here instead of trying it out, as I have already damaged
> the clock on the Z-Ram card by trying a 65c02-14 mhz chip.
>
> Totally choked about that one :)
>
> Any takers,
> Rob

I love reading these ads with 20+ years of hindsight:

According to the line, the clock chip is located in the floppy drive.

The clock also has a 20-year autorecharging battery. So I guess these
batteries just started failing now.

Adding a clock chip and 1MB of RAM to a //c cost "only" $739 at the
time. Translating 1986 dollars to 2008 dollars, then this card cost
the equivalent of $1432.57 in almost-today's money. Mind blowing.

That somehow adding a 65816 added "efficiency" to your computer,
somehow. There were less than 10 8-bit programs that could take
advantage of that chip, and I don't think any of them had anything to
do with AppleWorks.

Anyway, thanks for the memories.

-Warr