The lc handled video output, and apple offered a 12. Rgb display available for the lc with 512 x 342 pixels that also supported this special resolution. The apple iie included the new prodos operating system designed from the illfated apple iiis sos, and applesoft basic burned into the 32k rom. Adventure construction set archon ii options screen only arkanoid arthur balance of power. Ultimateappleii ic0nstrux for cool electronic projects xgamestationhydra and programmable logic please note a2retrosystems is a part time business.
The mac 512k blog chronicles the macintosh 512k and my projects with it. This disk will not work with later versions of the lc family. Maybe i could even use it as he apple e partition, or even some floppy disks. The apple platinum iie was the last available apple machine. Using the mac lc apple iie card with adtpro adtpro can work with a macintosh lc computer equipped with the apple iie card apple computer part number 8200444a. The apple iie card software can still be downloaded from apple. The iie card creates a multifeatured apple iie inside an lc series macintosh. After learning more about it, i figured out i wanted one that supported an internal memory ram card. I have at least half a dozen and the software that ran on one has run on all of them. The hardware emulates many of the expansion cards that you would install in a bare iie, including 3. The apple iie card for the pds slot was offered in a bundle with education models of the lcs.
Mac lc apple iie card stress test 2mhz gaming printing. Micro sd card image with apple ii emulator and software. This article has been archived and is no longer updated by apple. Offers bestofclass diagnostic routines for the apple iie, including rom and ram tests, 80column card tests, and mouse, monitor and sound tests, as well as a disk drive analyzer with routines for testing readwrite speed, head alignment, positioner backlash, diskclamping, crosstalk, and more. Released in march 1991 for use with the lc family, apple targeted the card at its widely dominated educational market to ease the transition from apple iibased classrooms, with thousands of entrenched educational software titles, to macintoshbased classrooms. The card provides a iie user with 8meg of auxiliary ram and 80 col mode support. Apple iie card for a macintosh lc computer, y cable for. Chapter 5, reference, provides instructions for all the features of the apple iie card and its software program, iie startup. I figure this might be some useful information for people who have a mouse on their iie iic and want to use it for something. The apple iie card is a compatibility card which allows compatible macintosh computers to run software designed for the apple ii series of computers with the exception of the ii gs. You only need to boot from the software installation disk to formatpartition the lc series hard disk. The card also comes with two disks that are software required to run and a windows 32bit dvdr containing original hardware manuals in.
It supports standard hard disk and cdrom iso and bincue images as well as mames chd format. Many z80 cards for the apple ii were clones of the microsoft softcard. The iie contained 64k ram builtin, and allowed up to 128k ram using the 80 column card which allowed 80 column text and an additional 64k ram much more ram could be added later via third party hardware. Computer was working fine but put into storage 19 years ago. The apple iie card is a compatibility card which allows compatible macintosh computers to run software designed for the apple ii series of computers. If i upgrade my macintosh lc ii with an apple iie card to system 7.
The apple iie card is compatible with 8bit software designed for the apple ii, apple ii plus. Setting up an apple iie emulator card in your 68k macintosh. The apple iie card is a compatibility card which allows compatible macintosh computers to run software designed for the apple ii series of computers released. Superdrive, appletalk, serial, expanded memory, etc. Get a card, download the software from asimov or wherever and you should be fine. The apple iie card is only compatible with computers that have the lc style processor direct slot pds and can work in 24bit addressing mode. These are for the most part, compatible with either the rom 0001 or 3 motherboards, with some exception on early applied engineering iigs specific cards prior to rev. Cpu, dou drive 5 12, green monitor mouse, joystick, number key pad, a track drive printer, needs a ribbon. It was basically a melding of the technology of the apple iie and the apple c with a numeric keypad added to the keyboard. It almost eliminated the need for students to use 5. Also known as mousedesk apple or compatible with 128k and double hires graphics.
Apple iie, iic, iic plus, iigs, iie option card for mac, or laser 128. This card requires a pds slot, and is compatible with a number of. The apple iie is the third model in the apple ii series of personal computers produced by apple computer. In march 1991, apple introduced the apple iie card to the education. This is useful for mousecompatible software like dazzle draw, apple ii desktop, and mousepaint. I finally managed to find a scsi zip drive, so i can load software to this mac instead of using tiny floppies. The iie ram was configured as if it were a 48 kb apple ii plus with a language card. Software and drivers to support the pdsbased apple iie card. The apple ii series trademarked with square brackets as apple and rendered on later models as apple is a set of home computers, one of the first highly successful massproduced microcomputer products, designed primarily by steve wozniak, manufactured by apple computer now apple inc.
Just lift up on the back tabs of the top and slide it off. Memory expansion cards for the apple iigs will only work in a iigs memory expansion slot. The apple iie card is a compatibility card which allows compatible macintosh computers to run software designed for the apple ii series of computers with the exception of the iigs. External floppy drives, some manuals, apple software plus other apple class computers including apple iie platinum and. Apple iie vintage computer with 2 apple 5 14 disc drives optional freeshipping. In march 1991, shortly after the release of the macintosh lc series, apple released the pds slotbased apple iie card for the macintosh. This archive contains a disk image with the software needed to make use of an apple iie card. In fact, apple had the low cost, lower resolution macintosh 12. The ramworks8m is also fully backwards compatible with the original ramworks iii and software.
Lego 9767 apple iigs iie tc logo interface card software. The speed of the apple iie card is set through the iie option panel. The iie card uses the mac for graphics, and it defaults to a 560 x 384 resolution twice the 280 x 192 of the apple iie when displaying graphics on the macs display. Supposed to work for the apple iie also but i have not tried run it in one. Adtpro using the mac lc apple iie card with adtpro. Apple ii raspberry pi emulator, with great software collection fully featured apple ii emulator, with great software collection. A graphical file and disk manager with desk accessories for the apple ii line of computers. Is there a way to make a 575 uses the iie card and the comm slot with ethernet work together, or it is. By plugging this card into a macintosh lc and later models incorporating an lc pds slot, through hardware and some software emulation, the macintosh can run most software written for the 8bit apple iie computer. I have a complete apple iie in working order, i was suprised after 10 yrs on the shelf. Unfollow apple iie software to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
It could run up to 2 mhz and many slot card addons could be emulated by utilizing macintosh hardware i. The combination of a lowcost color macintosh with apple iie compatibility was intended to encourage the education market to transition from aging apple ii models to the macintosh platform instead of to the new lowcost ibm pc compatibles. The apple iie card boasted a 65c02 processor, 256k memory and a port for supporting a 5 14inch apple ii floppy drive and joystick. The apple iie card support software can be installed after booting the mac from any startup disk. To be precise, the fast speed of the apple iie card is actually 1. The macintosh emulated apple ii video modes using quickdraw and loaded the iie s firmware through software. You will need a serial nullmodem cable connected between the lcs modem port and your host computer. Released in march 1991 for use with the lc family, apple targeted the card at. The two cards photo 7 are an asante ethernet card and an apple iie card. The following table lists the released versions of the setup software for the apple iie card that ive managed to. Apple iie card for macintosh lc series computers, y cable for joystickexternal drives, includes.
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