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Identifying Cards in a II+

Posted by: agg24 on 2019-03-15 09:07:09 I found an online listing with an Apple II+ with several cards I cannot easily identify. I was hoping someone here could shed some light on them. Looks like the thick cable may be a SCSI card based on a glimpse of the connector in the last picture.

Posted by: Dog Cow on 2019-03-15 09:25:43 Slot 0 -- RAM card, possibly a Microsoft RAM card Slot 1 -- probably a serial or parallel interface card. I doubt it's SCSI. Card looks too short for SCSI. Slot 4 -- Videx Videoterm (why is this in slot 4 and not slot 3???) Slot 6 -- Disk II controller

Posted by: agg24 on 2019-03-15 09:38:22 Nice! Thank you for the fast response. I think you're right about the serial card. I didn't realize it was the one in slot 1, which is indeed rather short.

Posted by: lisa2 on 2019-03-16 09:08:18 The card in slot 1 is a parallel printer adapter.  On the end of the attached cable is a 36 pin Centronics (Amp) connector. It's understandable that is can be confused with a SCSI cable, the common connector for SCSI is a 50 pin version of this same style Amp. connector.  The construction of the board/cable looks Japanese, most likely this a interface board that came with/from a printer manufacturer like Epson/Oki/NEC etc.

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