Re: What exactly WAS Apple Pascal?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@orcon.net.nz>]

In <%sWJc.2715$54.32581@typhoon.sonic.net> Don Bruder  wrote:
> 
> I'm absolutely certain that there was a CPU that used P-code as its 
> native machine language. I'm also absolutely certain that it was 
> marketed as a (quite pricey, comparatively speaking) card to be 
> plugged  into the Apple II. I *THINK* the card was sold under the name 
> "P-engine". What I'm not certain about is what the chip number was. 
> For  some reason, the 68000 is ringing a bell, but I'm pretty sure 
> that's not  right, 'cause that was the CPU for the original Mac/Lisa/
> Apple III, and  NONE of those use P-code natively.

Ahem, the Apple III used a 6502 CPU, not a 68000.

There were third-party 68000 cards for the Apple II though, and I know 
some of the various coprocessor cards had patches to speed up BASIC by 
allowing the CPU on the card to execute the floating-point calculations. 
Maybe one of these had a patch to run p-code on the 68000?

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Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
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