Re: Looking for some items for the //c

[Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

Matt Lichtenberg wrote:

> 1. A memory expansion card; 128k is so limiting to me.

eBay - avg. price $20-$30 during glut, higher when none are circulating.

> 2. A clock chip, for use with AppleWorks.

No-slot-clock - http://www.gse-reactive.com

If you get an Apple RAM expansion card, you'll have to mod to make them 
fit in the //c together. Not enough room.

> 3. I've heard that Applied Engineering made a Z80 board or two for the

Almost impossible to find a Z80c.

> called the 'Z-RAM Ultra III'.  (Does the latter have the Z80 chip as

The Z-RAM Ultra III is for the original (non memory expansion) //c. You 
need an Apple, Sequential Systems, Checkmate or similar RAM expansion card.

> 4. A MockingBoard D, to use with the Ultimas and other games.

Hard to find - GSE-Reactive is working a clone. No release date yet.

> If there's any other fun toys I'm leaving out (accelerators, floppy
> port hard drives, whatever), it doesn't mean I'm not interested! ;)

Current accelerator options 5 or 10MHz Rocket Chip, 4 or 8MHz Zip Chip. 
Difficult, but not impossible to come by. You may have to wait awhile to 
find one, and be prepared to spend freely.

Hard drives that use the smart port are extremely rare. The good news is 
I know 2 seperate people who are working on hard drive options for the 
//c - one internal, one smartport. I know one of those projecta is 
already working and is now in the refinement phase.

Anyone interested in learning more about that should watch the KFest 
coverage on http://www.a2central.com for more info.

> I suppose this topic could also be used for you all to tell me what
> else I should do with the //c, other than AppleWorks and gaming.

Welcome to the community. There are no boundries here - we make our 
obsolete Apple II computers do things their original designers never 
imagined they could do.