-Hal
On Tuesday, September 30, 2003, at 03:59 PM, Warren 'Llama' Ernst wrote:
Jeff,
*I* know what you have there. I had at least three of these myself. But first, some background.
Back in 1984 or so, the "best" and most desirable modem for the Apple II was the "Novation Apple Cat II." As has been mentioned, the base model was a single, full length card that typically went in Slot 2. It supported 300 baud full duplex, 1200 baud HALF DUPLEX, and it had musical and voice abilities, but they were only "played" over the telephone line. I can remember some songs and voices that were very advanced, and sounded very good.
In a world that mostly ran at 300 baud, 1200 baud at half duplex was something worth writing specialized software for, and "Cat Send" and "CatFur" made transferring files and disks reasonably easy and "blazingly" fast. I seem to recall the best music program being called "The Cat's Meow."
Now there was also a secondary card available called the "1200 Baud Full Duplex Option Card" as I recall (don't hold me to that). It usually plugged into another slot, but it only drew power from it. There was a ribbon cable that connected the first card with the second card, and THAT was the electronic bridge between the two cards. I'm sure you can guess its function based on its name. There was also a way to place the card on its side on top of the Apple II power supply, and use a special set of cables to power the secondary card from a source other than a valuable slot. It made for a rat's nest of wiring. Oh, and I seem to remember the "extra" card costing $400 when the base modem cost $300. (Can you imagine a $700 modem today?)
Anyway, without the Apple Cat II card itself, what you have isn't really useful. And even with an Apple Cat II, it really didn't add any more useable functionality.
\/-------------snip-------------\/Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 17:21:15 -0700 Subject: Something Cool I Just Got From: "J.S. Garrison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I just got a Novation Communications Module for a IIgs. It's got a phone-line RJ11 connector, a mic/handset socket, a micro banana plug socket labelled On-Line Remote, a 4-prong socket labelled EIA-RS232C AC Control and a 25 pin female connector.
Haven't Google it yet. Howard? And some of you other experts?
What do I gots here?
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