Re: Clone - see if this looks familiar

["Ernest" <ernestls@attbi.NOSPAM.com>]

"Mike" <mike@bogus.address.net> wrote in message

> My question is, has anyone seen a board like this before?  I used to have
> the schematics, but they've been lost over several moves.  I'd be
> interested in getting a new copy, if they exist.

Hey, Mike.

I have a couple of systems that sound similar to yours. Take a look at my web
site, and look at the OS-22 motherboard. It sounds like it could be the same
board, or very nearly.

http://12.228.5.66

I've found several clones (in Germany) that were in metal cases like that.
The cases were similar to the old IBM PC, or cheap knock-offs. They also had
external ports wired to the mb. The cases were cheap looking, and pretty well
smashed up so I removed the mb's and soldered on the normal jacks that an
Apple II system would have, and I was able to use them after that. RCA jacks
for the video are not to hard to find, or you could even remove one from a
dead IIe board, etc. It was a nice feeling to see these systems run again
after so many years of sitting broken and useless.

If you hunt around, you could probably find a generic clone case to put it in
but since I collect clones, I'm wary of suggesting that unless the case
didn't already have a motherboard in it. I like to keep original system parts
together whenever possible. It would certainly work in an Apple II+ case
since the keyboards are usually the same as clone keyboards but you might run
into problems with the power supply plug being different. I wouldn't
recommend this option unless you find a really battered up old Apple II+ case
because Apple II+'s are collectable and not as common as they used to be.

I'm curious to see what comes up on your start-up screen. Sometimes, they
just show the normal "APPLE ][" but not always. I have one that displays,
"READY GO."

Ernest