Re: Identify this Apple II cable?

[Carrington <reply@newsgroup.please>]

Aha, mystery solved. Thanks very much.

I'm sure I'll have no use for this cable, so if anybody else needs it
(free) just let me know.



In article <F_Ngf.33362$6e1.11679@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, Sean
Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Carrington wrote:
> > There's an odd four-headed cable up for auction:
> > 
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8726844921
> > 
> > I have one of these sitting in a box somewhere as well -- it came with
> > a lot of A2 stuff and I haven't been able to identify it.
> > 
> > Anybody have the skinny on this cable?
> 
> I asked around - it's an octopus cable for the precursor of the Orange 
> card.. a DOS/WIN coprocessor card for the Macintosh.
> 
> It's a snake cable that intercepts the monitor and gives the coprocessor 
>   card a game port.