Re: Apple 820-0444-A IIe PDS Emulation Card

[pitz <pitz.wong@gmail.com>]

On Nov 20, 9:17 am, mojoehand <jg...@zianet.com> wrote:
> On Nov 20, 9:45 am, "RetroC64" <stede...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Just bought this card for an LC that I have never used. I have a few
> > questions.
>
> > 1. What else besides the card do I need and where can I get them?
>
> Do you have the "Y" cable that connects to the back of the card? It is
> for connecting a joystick and floppy drives. If you want to use a
> 5.25" floppy, you need the "Y" cable.
>
> If you don't have the cable, you can still use the internal 3.5" drive
> on the LC as an 800K Apple drive. You can also create a ProDOS
> partition on your LC hard drive. This requires repartitioning, of
> course.
>
> I saw a pinout of the "Y" cable online somewhere. You can Google it if
> you want to build one. The high-density, three-row connector that
> attaches to the card may be hard to find, however.
>
> > 2. Is only one slot available in the LC? If so, I assume there will be no
> > way to get an ethernet card working in it also.
>
> Yes, one PDS slot only. The only way to have some type of networking
> with the Apple IIe Card installed is via Appletalk. Others can tell
> you more, but I understand that a Gatorbox, Fastpath, etc. Appletalk-
> Ethernet bridge will let you get on the internet via the Appletalk
> connection.
>
> The docs and software for this card are online. I don't remember the
> exact URLs where I found them at the moment, but I can figure that out
> if need be.
>
> It sounds like you don't have an LC already. If not, get either an LC
> III or LC 475 (prefered). The other models are much slower.

Aside from the LocalTalk-Ethernet bridge options, you can also opt for
the SCSI-Ethernet adapter options.  Dayna and Farallon are the more
popular brands for these SCSI-Ethernet adapters.

/Peter