Weird assed Apple ][ card

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Jul 25 20:47:00 2002

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Tony Duell wrote:

> Any other connectors on the board (possibly a 26 pin header for a
> parallel input from another card)? What are the main chips on the board?

Just a 14-pin header near the 25-pin header.

Chips are:

(2) Toshiba TC51832PL-12
Hyundai HY6116AP-15
a 64K ROM
(6) Harris CDP65C51AE2
and a GTE 65SC102 (which is, what, a faster than 1Mhz 65C02?)

> My first guesses are that it's either a printer buffer (takes in data
> fast from a conventional Apple ][ printer card, sends it to the printer
> as and when the latter can accept it) or that it's some kind of data
> translater to make a strange printer emulate an Epson or similar.

Would make sense but the 14-pin header doesn't lend credence to that
theory.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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