Re: Help identify Apple IIe interface card

[et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Michael Black)]

"James Elkins" (jelkins8@cox.net) writes:
> I have posted a couple of pictures at 
> http://jelkins.webhop.org/forumpics/view.html click the appleiie folder.
> 
> I don't believe it is an 80-col card, it was in slot 2 if that helps.
> 
The "Epson personality" bit suggests a printer interface.

Looking at the picture, there's a 6801 which is a CPU (I can't remember
at the moment if there's onboard I/O, it has a couple of extra instructions
over the 6800), and obviously some RAM at the left side.  That 26pin header
at the top is bound to be for connecting to the printer.  

So at the very least it's got to be a parallel port with firmware
specific to a Epson printer.  Perhaps the memory is used to do a bit
of spooling.  There's no reason they'd put a CPU on the board unless
they needed some smarts.

It's most definitely not an 80-column card, there's no 6845 or
equivalent video IC, and you don't see 26pin headers (as at the top)
on a video card.

  Michael