The AppleIIeCard can also be used as originally intended, to run the mammoth amount of software available for the Apple II line of computers without having to actually own an AppleIIe.
The AppleIIeCard seems tailored to fit with the Macintosh LC line that schools were buying early in the 1990's.
AppleIIe games were designed to run on a composite monitor.
When the display is in color mode, the "color fringes" seen in AppleIIe graphics may be more distinct on the high resolution color video monitors used with the Macintosh LC than they are on composite color video monitors or television sets commonly used with the AppleIIe.
The character set used by the AppleIIeCard is the same character set used on the enhanced AppleJIIe with two differences: the character set can be either normal or inverse by the AppleIIeCard option panel and the flashing display format does not flash.
Either one or two external Apple Disk 5.25 drives can be connected to the AppleIIeCard's disk drive connector and they are controlled by the IWM disk controller unit on the AppleIIeCard.
The upgrade kit (for previous IIe owners) consisted of four chips that were swapped in the motherboard: The 65c02 processor, with more assembly language opcodes, replaced the 6502; two more chips with Applesoft and Monitor ROM changes; and the fourth a character generator ROM that included graphics characters (first introduced on the IIc) called "MouseText".
For those who purchased the Enhanced IIe new, there were modifications to the appearance of the keyboard, including a darker color to the keys, a smaller size to the characters on the keys, a change to fl color for that text, and movement of the character to the upper part of the key.
For a 1991 Apple II, it was limited in being unable to be accelerated beyond 2 MHz (a Zip Chip could run a standard IIe at 8 MHz), and the screen response seemed slow, since it was using a software-based Mac text display instead of the hardware-based Apple II character ROM.
The AppleIIeCard (AppleComputer part #820-0444-A) is, in a sense, the smallest Apple II "computer" ever designed, though as a hardwareemulatorcard it is not considered an extension of the Apple II line.
The CPU is software-configurable to run at the Apple IIe's native 1.0 MHz speed or at an accelerated 1.9 MHz.
The card originally came with an owners manual, Y-cable, and 2 disks: the AppleIIe installer disk and the AppleIIecard startup disk.
The IIe was introduced on January 1983 originally selling for $1395, and included the same 1.02 MHz 6502 processor as the Apple I and II.
In March 1985 came the IIe enhanced, which was basically upgrading a IIe to IIc standards, including a new 65C02 processor, character generator, new ROM, and 2 more ROM chips for Applesoft BASIC and the monitor.
From 1984 to 1986 it was the AppleIIe, and from 1986 to it's discontinuation in 1993 it was the AppleIIe.
Apple had planned to retire the Apple II series after the introduction of the Apple III in 1980, however, after that machine turned out to be a disastrous failure, management decided the further continuation of the Apple II was in the company's best interest.
This miniaturized computer on a card was made possible by a chip called the Mega II, first used in the Apple IIGS computer to emulate the AppleIIe.
Users would bring their AppleIIe machines into an authorized Apple dealership, where the IIe motherboard and lower baseboard of the case were swapped for an Apple II motherboard with a new baseboard (with matching cut-outs for the new built-in ports).
A new Apple IIGS is almost announced, but the project is killed by Apple management at the last minute.
Apple changes the status of HyperCard IIgs to be the same as System Software, in that it is available from qualified sources for the cost of a download or the cost of the disk media.
The Apple II SuperDrive interface card and the SuperDrive itself is discontinued.
Apple II Technical Notes _____________________________________________________________________________ Developer Technical Support Apple II Miscellaneous #7: Apple II Family Identification Revised by: Jim Luther May 1991 Written by: Cameron Birse and Matt Deatherage December 1986 This Technical Note describes the ROM identification bytes in the Apple II family.
The AppleIIeCard for Macintosh LC uses the same identification bytes ($FBB3 and $FBC0) as an enhanced AppleIIe.
Location $FBBE is the version byte for the AppleIIeCard (just as $FBBF is the version byte for the Apple IIc family) and is $00 for the first release of the AppleIIeCard.
The latest version of Apple's"Apple Spec" data base shows 70 models of Mac that have an LC slot ranging from the original LC (68020/16) to the Performa 5280 (603e/120).
Software: the AppleIIecardsoftware that came with the card (current version is 2.2.1) and any AppleIIe (8-bit) software you care to run.
Apple II Miscellaneous Technical Note #7, many people would prefer a routine they can simply plug into their own program and call.
For all current Apple IIgs computers, the value returned in machine is $84 (high bit set to signify Apple IIgs and $04 because it matches the ID bytes of an enhanced AppleIIe).
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Your USB 3.5 inch Floppy drive cannot format the disks in 800kb GCR format the drive is incompatable withe the IIe drives.
I am aware that I can't make PRODOS disks with USB drive but my question is about transferring files downloaded on eMac to LC so that they can be used with AppleIIecard.
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After having sold more than 750,000 Apple II and II+ systems, making it one of the best-selling brands in the global computing market, Apple released an updated version of the II+, the AppleIIe ('e' standing for enhanced).
The AppleIIe borrowed some features from the Apple III, 80-column text and lowercase support.
The AppleIIe was replaced with the enhanced AppleIIe in 1985, which had 128k RAM, 32k ROM, improved support for 80-column text and lowercase characters, and was powered by the 65C02CPU, the same as the Apple IIc one.
The Apple ][ series of 8 bit personal computers was one of the longest running 8 bit computers, manfactured in various formats from 1977 to 1993 (though the AppleIIE compatibility card for the Macintosh LCseries wasn't dropped until 1995).
The Apple ]['s were also the most common computers found in schools from the late 70's through early 90's and still enjoys a large user support base including software repositories such as Asmiov's, the University of Iowa's, Chebucto Community Net's, Call Apple's, and Kitchen Sink Sofware's (who re-released all their old sofware as freeware).
A French Apple II+ emulator that supports an Apple II+ with 64k, dual drives, joystick support and color monitor simulation.
Unlike software-based emulation solutions, this card is basically an AppleIIe shrunk into a single card.
One CPU is used much like the real IIe, and the the other CPU is used to drive the video controller.
While the IIeemulation is running, you can hit F1-ESC to switch to a help menu, which offers several useful features, including things the IBM keyboard lacks, such as a reset button.
Since the AppleIIecard is not compatible with 32-bit addressing, the AppleIIeCard is not compatible with these computers.
Thus, they do not support the AppleIIecard.
* Note: The 68040 versions of the Macintosh LC 5xx and Performa 5xx series do not recognize the AppleIIeCard when there is a communication card occupying the Communication Slot.