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Re: Installing CP/M on a ProFile drive
A2Pro wrote:
Hi, y'all!
On Mar 22, 8:39 am, Steven wrote:
Check your mail
I did, thank you!!! Now, about that other thing you mentioned
last year... ;)
??? Did you not receive a mailed attachment from me? If that wasn't it, you
better remind me privately.
I found an advertising card/mailer in the back of the SoftCard IIe
manual. The tri-fold card is titled "MICROSOFT PRODUCT LINE" on the
front. Inside, the second and third pages list 21 Micro$oft products.
Item 13 is:
MicroSoft SoftCard System
Configures the CP/M-80
operating system and prog-
rams written for it to run on
the Apple II.
The original SoftCard.
Item 14 is:
MicroSoft SoftCard Plus System
Provides the CP/M-80
operating system and
increased video display
capability in one integrated
system.
For Apple II.
I _think_ this is just an original SoftCard packaged with an 80-column board.
Item 15 is:
MicroSoft SoftCard Premium System
Combines full CP/M-80
capability, expanded memory
and increased video display
in one integrated system.
For Apple II.
Also based on original SoftCard hardware, but something else is bundled also.
Item 16 is:
MicroSoft Premium SoftCard IIe Package
Offers the CP/M-80
operating system, 80 column video
capability and 64K memory
on a single circuit card.
For Apple IIe.
This is completely different hardware that goes in the Aux slot of a IIe
What this list misses completely is the last such offering, the SoftCard II.
It was designed for use in Slot 1-7 of a II, IIe and IIg. Probably came out
after the manual you're looking at.
I've been wrong before, but I really think there were only (3) distinct
hardware versions.
Steve