Re: what apple is this?

[Patrick Schaefer <PSchaefer@lycosxxl.de>]

Guillaume Tello schrieb:

> I need an identification of this Apple whose label has been lost.
>
> http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gtello/whatapple1.jpg
> http://pagesperso-orange.fr/gtello/whatapple2.jpg

That's a GTAC-2, a Generic Taiwanese Apple Clone Type 2. This is 
basically an Apple II plus circuit with on-board language and Z80 card. 
It uses eight 4164 chips to provide the 64k and has only six slots  - 
slot 0 and 4 are missing due to the on-board functions. Usually the ROM 
sits on a small PCB which goes into the position of slot 0.

On the photo you can see the Z80A CPU below the 6502.


A GTAC-1 has the original Apple II plus board, modified for 2716 or 2732 
 EPROMs and a lowercase character set.

In the late 80s, these computers were sold in almost any 
electronics/computer store in Europe. Their "brand names" ranged from 
"Orange II" over "Telstar", "Mewa-48", "Mewa-64" to such simple 
descriptions as "48k-Computer". The label must not necessesarily have 
gotten lost, usually there was no label in this place!

You had to pay around EUR 500,- for a 48k GTAC-1, around 600,- for a 
GTAC-2, and 500,- for a disk drive as shown on the second photo. An 
empty mainboard was around EUR 50,- that time, an empty expansion card 
(I built my Z80 card myself that time...) was around EUR 15,-).


Patrick






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