30 May
1997
30 May
'97
12:27 a.m.
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Alexios Chouchoulas wrote:
On Tue, 27 May 1997, Mr. Self Destruct wrote:
I notice you mention that it is a "SoftCard IIe". Does the Apple //e
require a special version of the SoftCard?
The reason I ask is that I had an Apple ][+ with a Z80 card (of
undetermined origin). My ][+ started dying (it was getting "zaps" in the
video quite frequently) so I upgraded to a //e as soon as I found one in a
thrift store.
I moved everything across to the //e (smoking a Disk ][ in the process
:'() and the Z80 card refuses to work in the //e.
I even picked up a second Z80 card, and it won't work in the //e, either.
About 5 feet of disks (apple II) of which about
25 or so were CP/M (?)
CP/M disks? Ooh, wish I had those for my IIe... I have a Microsoft SoftCard
IIe (brilliant product, btw) but the CP/M boot disks for it are gone. I
really should talk to Don Maslin, I suppose. Btw, your Apple is indeed pretty meaty. :-) I'm
sorry I can't provide any
actual help (despite being an Apple user of old). Oh, the "punch-out" covers
at the back weren't punch-out. They had little plastic plugs you could put
back if you wanted (though, from my experience, you wouldn't -- in fact
you'd add a fan to the thing so it wouldn't overheat).
I preferred the simple grooves in the back for cables on my ][+ clone. I
never had to disconnect anything to remove it. I wouldn't have smoked the
Disk ][ if the //e hadn't required pulling the cable from the controller
for installation. :/
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca