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Apple RocketChip manual

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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[...]

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    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. Apple, ProDOS, DOS 3.3 are registered trade[...]

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    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. RocketChip does speed up program execution from all memory locations[...]

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    ****************************************************************** 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. Bits & Pieces Technology[...]

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    Pin #1 RocketChip Pin 1 Figure 1 - Apple II, II Plus Motherboard 5[...]

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    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. Replace the cover by inserting the front edge of the cover into the case and pushing it forward and then push down on the back edge of t[...]

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    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. Note that two screws (#1 & #2) are larger [...]

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    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. Do not disconnect the flat cable that connects the keyboard to the computer motherboar[...]

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    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. Please notice that RocketChip Pin *1 is marked and that all of the part number markings for devices on the motherboard and the Rocketchip are readable and [...]

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    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. The RocketChip auto[...]

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    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. Space Bar RocketChip [...]

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    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.SLOT7—l (NO ROMS or cannot accelerate slot ROMs) Notes for PrODOS: ([...]

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    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. Requiring no slot, the 40-pin DIP package replaces the 6502 or 65C02 microprocessor, consumes less power than existing accelerator products, accesses expanded memory and [...]