Anybody have an extra one of those cards? Wouldnt mind getting my IIgs
connected to the apple network :)
Also on a related note, where the heck can you find a scsi card for a IIgs
that doesnt cost $50+?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 4:35 PM
Subject: RE: Two new Apple toys
> --- "Jason J. Gullickson" <mr_at_jasongullickson.com> wrote:
> > You know I remember using one of these when I was in school. We had an
> > SE/30 server that ran a lab of mac...mac II something's and then there
> > were these two IIe's in the corner with greenscreens that were somehow
> > attached to the network...so it a localtalk interface?
>
> Yep. The "Apple Workstation Interface" is an intellegent card that
> fits in late-model Apple IIs (well... it *fits* in all of them, but
> it only _works_ with a IIgs or expanded IIe). It has two 8-pin DINs
> on the end of ribbon cables, one marked with an Apple Localtalk icon,
> one with a printer icon.
>
> The board itself has a 65SC02, two 6264 SRAMs, a Zilog Z8530 (common
> to Macs, Suns and late-model COMBOARDS ;-), some glue logic, a
> honkin' big Apple ASIC, and some AM26LS30/AM26LS32 level drivers.
>
> There's a picture at:
>
> http://member.nifty.ne.jp/apple2tree/card/card2.htm
>
> It's the one at the bottom of the page.
>
> WARNING: Japanese characters are present. Your browser might or might
> not like them. Under the picture, it starts off with "uuaakusuteeshiyon
> kaado" ("Workstation Card" in Katakana).
>
> -ethan
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Received on Wed Apr 23 2003 - 16:20:01 BST