Apple IIc (not IIC+) details

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Mon Aug 7 15:26:46 2000

In a message dated Mon, 7 Aug 2000 2:19:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Richard Erlacher" <richard_at_idcomm.com> writes:

> While there seems to be a fair amount of information about the older apples,
> i.e. ][, ][+, and the IIc+, I've been unable to find any menaingful
> information on the web about the plain-old IIc. It has an external
> connector to a floppy disk drive, but I've found no information about the
> drive itself. The IIc+ has an external "intelligent" drive, and I'd like to
> know what that means, in this case, not to mention that I'd like to know
> about the "intelligent" hard disk that attaches to the IIc+ via that same
> connector, though perhaps not using the same protocol.
>
> There's also little definitive information about the memory usage for I/O
> and how (and how closely) they emulated the ][+ slot usage. They've
> apparently memory mapped the keyboard, so I would also like to know where in
> the memory map the keyboard lives.
>
> I'm considering cutting a hole in the side of the box to accomodate some
> sort of I/O channel. I understand that there was an expander available from
> a third party, but have little information about that. The slot I'd make in
> the box would accomodate a 40-pin, or perhaps 50-pin inline cable connector.
> Since I'd prefer to make an internally buffered I/O channel as opposed,
> simply, to bringing out the CPU's signals, it would be useful to have some
> information.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Dick
>
sounds like what you really want is a laser128. it's 99% apple compatible (the 1% was the apple version of aol which wouldnt connect right) and it also has an i/o connector on the left side which is really just a regular old slot mapped to slot5 IIRC. I ran a disk ][ controller off there for a total of 3 drives. any other card *should* work in the slot also.
Received on Mon Aug 07 2000 - 15:26:46 BST