Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product RocketChip Apple
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Rocket Chip Installation Manual and user’s Guide PRELIMINARY November, 1988 Bits & Pieces Technology, Inc. 31332 Via Colinas, Suite 112 Westlake Village, California, 91362.
Table of Contents Page 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 RocketChip Features 3 3.0 RocketChip Installation 3 3.1 For Apple II, II Plus, IIe 4 3.2 For Apple IIc 7 4.0 RocketChip Quick Reference and 10 Operation Guide 5.0 RocketChip Warranty 12 RocketChip is a registered trademark of Bits & Pieces Technology, Inc.
1.0 Introduction Bits & Pieces Technology is pleased to introduce you to RocketChip — the most advanced single—chip accelerator available for the Apple II, II Plus, IIe and IIc computer marketplace. It does not require cables, slots or a complicated installation procedure.
****************************************************************** Warning Turn OFF the AC power switch on your Apple computer. Leave the AC power cord connected to the wall outlet and the computer. Attempting to install RocketChip with the power applied can cause serious damage to your Apple computer and to RocketChip.
Pin #1 RocketChip Pin 1 Figure 1 - Apple II, II Plus Motherboard 5.
Figure 2 - Apple IIe Motherboard STEP #4: Replacing the Apple II Expansion Boards and the cover. Install each of your expansion/peripheral boards back into the motherboard slot that it was removed from in Step #2.
3.2 Rocket.~hip Installation for the Apple IIC. MAKE SURE TEAT THE COMPUTER POWER IS "OFF” STEP #1: Removing the Apple IIc cover. Turn the computer over so that the bottom side is up and the keyboard side is down, resting on the work surface. Remove the six (6) screws that are shown in Figure 3.
STEP #2: Folding up the keyboard. Grasp the Apple IIc keyboard assembly and gently lift the front edge (about 1/4”) and then pull it forward Out of the case (about 1/2”) to release the tabs on the back of the keyboard from the slots in the disk drive housing.
Figure 4 - Apple IIc Motherboard Touch the disk drive housing. Remove the Rocket chip from the protective package. Look at Figure 4 and install the Rocketchip in the motherboard socket as shown.
4.0 RocketChip Quick Reference - Operation Guide General: RocketChip powers up in a standard configuration mode with expansion slots *5 & *6 running at 1MHZ and slots #1, #2, #3, #4 & #7 running at 5MHz. This configuration accommodates most Apple II, II Plus, and IIe systems with a variety of peripheral expansion boards.
4.2 Keyboard Selectable Options: The following modes of operation are activated whenever the CONTROL and RESET (CTL-RESET) keys are pressed at the same time and this key sequence is followed by: ESCape RocketChip runs at 1MHz (Normal Apple speed) RETURN RocketChip returns to 5MBz or previously set RocketSpeed of 50KHz to 5MHz.
Filenames (Continued) (1) APPLE.SLOT7—1 (Apple speed of 1MHZ for selected slot) (1) ROCKET.SLOT7—1 (RocketChip speed for selected slot) (2) CACHE.SLOT7—1 (Accelerate Peripheral card ROM:$Cn00—$CnFF) (2) CACHE.EXP.ROM7-l (Accelerate Expansion ROM: $C800-$CFFF) (2) NOCACHE.
BITS & PIECES T E C H N 0 L 0 G Y, I NC. 31332 Via Colinas Suite 110 WestlakeVillage, CA 91362 Rocketchip is an accelerator-on-a-chip for the Apple® II, II Plus, IIe and IIc.
An important point after buying a device Apple RocketChip (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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If you already are a holder of Apple RocketChip, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Apple RocketChip.
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