Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!tminor@brl From: tminor%brl@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm Subject: Z80 Plus Board by Applied Engineering Message-ID: <17045@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 11:22:42 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.17045 Posted: Thu Mar 1 11:22:42 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Mar-84 04:30:53 EST Lines: 23 From: Thomas C. Minor (IBD)Does anybody out there know anything about the Z-80 Plus board from Applied Engineering in Dallas Texas? I want to use it in an Apple IIe that now has a Grappler+ hooked up to an Epson FX80 printer. My IIe also has the single Apple disk controller board and the extended-memory 80 column card from Apple. Future plans include a modem card or a serial I/O card hooked up to an external modem. What's the catch? This card sounds so good, but it's really cheap at $140. It claims to be compatible with Microsoft CPM disks. Will it boot directly from the Microsoft Softcard operating system? Does CPM come with the Z80 Plus? Will it handle CPM 3.0? Are there any known problems with other boards, such as serials, modems, disk emulators, etc? Does it really run Wordstar, dBase II, etc, as the ads claim? It just sounds too good to be true. What's the story? Any help, soon, would be appreciated. -Tom Minor 301-278-6176