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Re: Apple ][ Workstation Card
In article <1gdc53y.iol7is10ypz7gN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Robert Steinmetz <not-rsteinmetz@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Will the Apple][ Workstation Card work in an Apple][ or ][+
>
> It definitely works in an enhanced IIe. I'm not sure if it will work in
> an unenhanced IIe, let alone a ][+ or ][.
>
> It requires ProDOS 1.5 (ish) or later, and i'm not sure whether anything
> that recent works on a ][ (the ][+ is supported up to 1.9).
>
> Age-wise, the card was released around 1985, in the same sort of era as
> the original Apple SCSI card (1986). The latter works on a ][+, so the
> workstation card probably does too.
>
> My recollection is that most of the software (LOGIN, LOGOFF, NAMER.II,
> CHOOSER.II) runs in 40-column mode. If any of it needs 80 columns, that
> would probably rule out the ][+.
I just tried my recently bought Workstation card out again (wouldn't
connect to Mac OS 9 and X machines, so I tried it on my "new" 7.5
machine and it worked) - it's working in 80 column mode for me. From
what I found out when I was thinking of buying it/trying to get the
software the card _only_ works in the enhanced //e.
Hope that's of use
Sean
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