marwood@DMC-CRC.ARPA ("G. J. Marwood") (12/30/86)
Can anyone provide any information on the use of the PCPI Applicard Z80
card with an Apple ][e. The PCPI manual says that the SFTVIDEO driver should
not be used with the ][e, but without normal printer operations seem to be
impossible (with or without the BUFFER.DVR). If the SFTVIDEO driver is used
(against PCPI advice), the printer will work, but errors seem to occur when
doing modem file transfers.
I should also be interested to hear from anyone who has successfully
implemented a real time clock using the Z80CTC chip on the card.
Gordon Marwoodbinder@fizbin.DEC.COM (Sold - but we have others) (12/30/86)
Gordon Marwood asks, > Can anyone provide any information on the use of the PCPI Applicard Z80 > card with an Apple ][e. The PCPI manual says that the SFTVIDEO driver > should not be used with the ][e, but without normal printer operations seem > to be impossible (with or without the BUFFER.DVR). If the SFTVIDEO driver > is used (against PCPI advice), the printer will work, but errors seem to > occur when doing modem file transfers. My Applicard came in a MicroPro box with the name StarCard on it, and the StarCard manual says the same thing. I think the manual lies. I haven't done any modem stuff, but I found that I needed the SFTVIDEO driver with my //e for printing to work - and I also made sure to use the FAST2E80 driver, because I have a standard Apple 80-column card. The first "problem" I found when I left out SFTVIDEO was that the keyclick disappeared, because the keyclick is a software function coded into SFTVIDEO. Because I haven't used a modem, I haven't explored the problem any further. You can find out for sure what works and what doesn't by calling or writing the PCPI customer support people: Personal Cpmputer Products, Inc. 1150 West Bernardo Ct San Diego, CA 92127 Phone (619) 485-8411 They are very good about answering questions. If you do contact them, please post anything you learn to info-apple. Cheers, Dick Binder (The Stainless Steel Rat) DEC Enet: ASD::BINDER UUCP: { decvax, allegra, ucbvax... }!decwrl!asd.dec.com!binder ARPA: binder%asd.DEC@decwrl.ARPA