a2aviator@gmail.com wrote:
Within Apple, the use of ASICs in the //e was seen as a powerful deterrent to the cloning that had plagued the ][ and ][+.It was a failure. Though //e clones seem to be outnumbered by ][+ - not everyone could make the chips, but that didn't stop the vendor from "running the factory at night" and dispatching from the back door instead of the front door, so to say.
That's what I would expect... It still works that way!
Wanna laugh? The clone MMU and IOUs usually have a five digit # on them. The five digit # is the engineering # of the chip from the vendor when it was in the design phase for Apple, and that was here in the US.
Perfect--no attempt to cover their tracks! ;-) -michael New, faster SUDOKU v2.0 solver for Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."