Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!LLL-MFE.ARPA!SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET From: SECRIST%OAK.SAINET.MFENET@LLL-MFE.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: PCPI info: Laing Electronics Message-ID: <8611270308.AA04496@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 26-Nov-86 21:10:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611270308.AA04496 Posted: Wed Nov 26 21:10:00 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Nov-86 01:51:06 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 47 From: (Richard C. Secrist) Date: Wed, 26-NOV-1986 21:12 EST To: INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA Message-ID: <[OAK.SAINET.MFENET].C59E6AA0.008F88DC.SECRIST> Header-Disclaimer: I don't like my headers either ! X-VMS-Mail-To: APPLE I second Dick's comments on PCPI and Laing, my experiences were much like his own. Although I don't believe PCPI even maufactures the Applicard their support is outstanding. I contrast that support to lousy support I've had from Commodore... have your company buy the PC stuff from PCPI - they stand behind it quite well. Anyway the OEM kit is a little disappointing. If you're non-technical don't bother, it's all hardcore meat and source code - but a godsend to serious Applicard hackers. Also I got them to send me a copy of BYE and XMODEM that worked for the cost of the disk. PCPI also sells/makes-available the upgrades release of CP/M (2.0) if you don't have that (e.g. 1.6a, which is what I got with the TurdStar packages I picked up cheap). Laing Electronics still sells Applicards and the piggyback RAM drives. I got a 128K RAM disk board: it's one of the best investments I've ever made for my Apple. Buy one ! And from Laing - they know what they're doing, they do it themselves on their own BBS and have for many moons (they were a PCPI beta site), they're prices aren't half bad, they can answer technical questions in utter detail if you're willing to wait until the right guy is in, they answer their phone, ship UPS, and they take VISA. They even repair PCPI boards ! Recommended ! I don't remember exactly - but a 128K RAMdisk ran me like $90. Laing Electronics, Inc. 10382 Stanford Avenue, Suite E-203 Garden Grove, CA 92640 Voice: 714/534-4216 BTW, the BBS has a ZCPR configured for the 2.0 Applicard CP/M release, the XMODEM, and other stuff. The 6 MHz Z80 wins, but communications can be a bit funky due to the fact that you use the card's RAM for the address space and you have to do the peek/poke stuff to get to the Apple's address space. The XMODEM does it... has anyone hacked this into a PCPI Kermit yet ? rcs SECRIST%OAK.SAInet.MFEnet@LLL-MFE.Arpa