On Nov 3, 7:48=A0pm, Steven Hirsch  wrote:
> sfahey wrote:
> > =A0 To: Steven Hirsch
> > =A0 Re: Re: Returning Apple User
> > =A0 By: Steven Hirsch to comp.sys.apple2 on Mon Nov 03 2008 07:47 am
>
> > =A0> Otherwise, probably best to stick with something like an Applicard=
 clone.
> > =A0> That's a vanilla Z80 design with its own 64k bank of memory. =A0I =
do have the
> > =A0> schematics for it and it's all 74-series jellybean logic.
>
> > Wasn't this card expandable to 128K with an add-on module? Wasn't there=
 some
> > kind of additional expansion for these also? My memory is very fuzzy, b=
ut iirc,
> > there were 2 different things you could add to these, RAM and something=
 else.
>
> Yes, it was. =A0You had to stack (2) little daughter cards on the headers=
 at the
> front of the Applicard. =A0There was an SIO board that could connect ther=
e as
> well. =A0That was never produced commercially, but Ray Klein (who I belie=
ve also
> designed the original SoftCard) did do a board layout and sent these to f=
olks
> who asked nicely. =A0I think I have a couple of these somewhere.
>
> Even rarer was the Apple /// variant of the Applicard which was to form t=
he
> basis of an Apple IIc CP/M add-on. =A0I think I may have one of these als=
o.
>
> Haven't thought about this stuff for years. =A0Really takes me back!
>
> Steve

The link below has an interesting read about Ray Klein, the AppliCard
and the proposed IIc version.

http://mylinuxisp.com/~jdbaker/oldsite/SmallSys/AppliCard.html

Rick
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