
Apple II Computer Info
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Subject: Re: Help I.D.ing cards.
Date: 19 Nov 1995 15:01:31 -0500
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> One is an accelerator card--an "M-c-T SpeedDemon"
> It is dated 1984. Does anyone know what speed this thing
> runs? I _think_ I am seeing four 16k 90milisecond cache ram
> chips on it. There also seems to be a little place for
> jumper block on the top of the card, near the keyboard end.
> Any ideas what it might be for? Any ideas if there is a way
> to control this thing through software/hardware? Oh, I did
> notice that the card draws a little Apple on the graphics
> screen before the Autostart ROM kicks in and the "Apple ]["
> appears.
>
The RAMs on our Speedemon are 100ns 2048x8 9128's (for a total 8K of
pretty speedy cache). I once asked McT about the jumper block you
mention, they said the jumper is set at the factory to adjust on-card
timing and to Leave It Alone. (On our card, the jumper block has 5 pairs.
The pair 2nd from the top is jumpered.)
There is also a jumper pair near the bottom middle of the card. This
is the Speed Jumper. Jumper it if you want 'demon to slow down for I/O
accesses to Slots 4 & 5. (The 'demon always slows for Slot 6 I/O ($C0E0 -
$C0EF.)
According to the "Manual" (a folded card), pressing PDL-1
(Closed-Apple on a IIe) upon power-up will engage a self-test. Pressing
ESC at power-up will turn OFF the card and allow running at normal speed.
To turn OFF the card later on, do a POKE (49152+256*S) where S= Slot # of
the slot the card is in; then, press RESET.
You can put the 'demon into any Slot; but, if you put it in Slot 0
(Slot 3 in a IIe), the card will not respond to any KB shut-off commands.
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