mojoehand wrote:
> On Jan 7, 11:09 pm, alex.freed....{at}gmail.com wrote:
>>> Can this modern version work in a GS without running the GS
>>> at slow speed?
>> I don't see why not. This card is basically a completely separate
>> computer linked to Apple only by a single 8 bit register each way.
>> However Apple only services i/o, so its speed won't make CPM
>> programs run any faster.
> 
> I was just concerned about having to slow down the GS just to use the
> card at all, like I do with my current Z80 card.
> 
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but this card is a clone of the card that
> will let me host a CP/M partition inside of a ProDOS partition on a
> hard drive, correct?
> 
> I just looked at the list of chips that my universal programmer
> supports and I probably could do that CPLD (I can't quite read the
> part number in the photo), but I don't have the 44-pin PLCC adapter.
> It wouldn't be worth the expense to get the adapter for a one-time
> use, however. I have a 32-pin PLCC ZIF adapter, but I don't think I
> could fold that Xylink chip into it :-)

On the other hand, if the CPLD can be programmed from the Apple,
then programming is just downloading a data file and running the
programming program.  ;-)

-michael

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