WTB: Apple II Workstation Card

Mark J. Blair nf6x at nf6x.net
Tue Dec 20 00:16:51 CST 2016


> On Dec 19, 2016, at 9:55 PM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nope, wrong stuff. The cards I have/had used a pair of DB-9 connectors on
> the rear panel - IIRC..
> 
> I was told they were for "localtalk" but I know virtually nothing about
> Apple II-era hardware.

The boards you describe sound like they might be the older Apple II AppleTalk II boards, as pictured here:

http://www.applefritter.com/content/can-anyone-tell-me-history-apple-ii-appletalk-ii-interface-card-a2b2080-i-have-photos-attach

I don't understand yet how the functionality of the AppleTalk II vs. Workstation Card products differ. I would blindly speculate that the AppleTalk II cards might have used the same AppleTalk connector box dongle that the earliest Macintosh computers used?

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