Henry S. Courbis wrote:
> Hey Rick/Sean.
>
>
>>I've been looking to buy a Transwarp II card for about a year now.
>>When I do find one available, they are going for $2000+.
>
>
> If someone lives down in Texas around the Lewisville area, maybe they
can go
> and bang on Steve Malechek's door and see if we can get the schematic
for
> the card. I've asked him a few times, but he's always too busy or can't
be
> reached. The last address I had for him may not even been good as I had
a
> letter returned once as well. I also had an old AE employee tell me
that
> when the office closed everything was pretty much sold off (loose
hardware)
> and the rest, files and all, just got tossed in a dumpster. Although
Steve
> personally told me he kept a copy of the files. I hope he did, but if
no
> one can ever find him or get a copy of the files then what good does it
do?
>
> Of course the real answer may be to look at the card and start there.
If
> the ASIC was, more or less, a RocketChip then does anyone know what ever
> happened to them and their files? If they licensed the technology to AE
> then they should have a copy of the ASIC schematic.
It depends. They may have simply licensed the use of the ASIC that
RocketChip made.
The Apple IIc+ is an "unpotted" implementation of the Zip Chip, which
is the same technology that RocketChip took--why not start there?
Of course, you still won't have the ASIC design...
-michael
NadaPong: Network game demo for Apple II computers!
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