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Re: Identify card: Premium Softcard //e?



In article <sean-115404.17424002112004@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
 Sean McNamara <sean@macassist.com.au> wrote:

> Hi folx,
> 
> I appear to have scored a Microsoft Premium Softcard //e in a French //e 
> I was given last week - at least, I think it's a Premium Softcard //e - 
> it has few markings, and doesn't match the design of the only picture I 
> could find of a Premium Softcard //e at 
> <http://www.apple2world.jp/apple2/COL/MapItems/card/cpu/z80/premiumsoftca
> rd2e/premiumsoftcard2e.html>.
> 
> Medium and High resolution photos of the card are at 
> <http://apple2.macassist.com.au/images/psciiem.jpg> (194KB) and 
> <http://apple2.macassist.com.au/images/psciieh.jpg> (1.1MB).
> 
> Can anyone confirm if this is indeed a Premium Softcard //e, and explain 
> why it looks different to the other picture linked above? It certainly 
> performs the 80 column function of a Premium Softcard //e, and it 
> certainly looks like it has the RAM chips for the 64K memory expansion, 
> and it has a Z80B, so it's definitely a Softcard of some description (I 
> have no CP/M disks yet to test that).
> 
> I'm looking for any information, including disk images and manuals for 
> this item as well, so if anyone has these, please let me know.

I can now say with complete certainty that this is, indeed, a Premium 
SoftCard //e - picked up the card's original manual and disk this 
evening from the previous owner who had located them :)

Different configuration is due to the different slot config in the 
non-US //es, so that solves that one. Thanks for everyone's help.

Scored some other goodies, including a boxed (with manual) Apple 
joystick, as well :)

Sean

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