3 May
2009
3 May
'09
8:54 a.m.
I've never heard of the "Swift board for the
Apple II". Googling
didn't turn up anything useful, although maybe I just didn't use the
right incantation.
Try "SwyftCard".
It's interesting to see how the concepts that were swimming around
in Jef Raskin's head turned up and around into realizations in the 80's.
Tim.
3 May
3 May
12:04 p.m.
In article <20090503155401.E58B3BA51A4 at mini-me.trailing-edge.com>,
shoppa at trailing-edge.com (Tim Shoppa) writes:
OK, that turned up a few things, but I'm still not exactly clear on
what was on the board that upgraded an apple //e so much. Was it just
a processor running FORTH in ROM?
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I've never
heard of the "Swift board for the Apple II". Googling
didn't turn up anything useful, although maybe I just didn't use the
right incantation.
Try "SwyftCard". 
12:28 p.m.
Richard wrote:
OK, that turned up a few things, but I'm still not
exactly clear on
what was on the board that upgraded an apple //e so much. Was it just
a processor running FORTH in ROM?
It was just a ROM, although I think I read something about a
modification that gave the Apple II leap keys or such.
Apparently a lower cost version was available on 5.25" floppy.
3:24 p.m.
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Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 15:28:29 -0400
From: ray at arachelian.com
To:
Subject: Re: Apple II swift board
Richard wrote:
Hi
The small keys beside the space bar were used for leap
keys. It wasn't uncommon to shorten the space bar and
enlarge the leap keys. See:
http://regnirps.com/Apple6502stuff/apple_iie_cat.htm
Dwight
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OK, that turned up a few things, but I'm
still not exactly clear on
what was on the board that upgraded an apple //e so much. Was it just
a processor running FORTH in ROM?
It was just a ROM, although I think I read something about a
modification that gave the Apple II leap keys or such.
Apparently a lower cost version was available on 5.25" floppy.
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