Re: you gotta look around sometimes...

[salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <1141348885.086484.277020@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
>PC Transporter?  Why would I bother?  So I can use an old junk PC drive
>instead of an old junk apple drive?

The PC Transporter was more than just a disk controller.  It was basically a
complete 8086-compatible system (with CGA emulated in either composite or
analog RGB video) on a card that fit in an Apple II expansion slot.  Its
modern utility is about the same as that of an IBM PC or PC/XT (IOW, not
much), but treating it as just another floppy controller is doing it a
disservice.

(ISTR its memory (up to 768K) was also available to Apple II software when
it wasn't booted up.)

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