Apple /// - Titan /// +2 Board Set is cloned and ready

[jcm-1]

Hey folks! Anyone want a set of the Titan /// + 2 and Titan /// + 2e board set for the Apple ///? It turns your Apple /// in to a full Apple //e basically. I have cloned the boards and confirmed functionality. I just need enough interested people to say "YES!" so I can justify a large enough board run to make the price make sense.

If I can get 50 interested parties, I can do a full run at the following prices:

$189 for a build-it-yourself kit.
$249 for a fully assembled set.

Sound off in the replies if interested.

EDIT: added picture of boards.

 

[ScutBoy]

Umm - how hard is the "build it yourself"?

 

[jcm-1]

Umm - how hard is the "build it yourself"?

100% through hole soldering. Just LOTS of it.

 

[ScutBoy]

100% through hole soldering. Just LOTS of it.

OK - that's not too scary, then

Put me down as a "YES" for a kit!

 

[retr01]

@jajan547!!!!

 

[jajan547]

This is neat Joe!

 

[retr01]

So, what does it look like? A card? A board?

 

[jcm-1]

So, what does it look like? A card? A board?

Two cards that install into the Apple ///. There's a small cable that goes between the two boards, and a cable that goes from one board and replaces the Apple /// video ROM.

 

[Volvo242GT]

If I can get my /// back from a buddy of mine, yeah, I'd definitely be interested. I forget, do the Titan cards have unenhanced //e ROM code, or enhanced?

 

[jcm-1]

If I can get my /// back from a buddy of mine, yeah, I'd definitely be interested. I forget, do the Titan cards have unenhanced //e ROM code, or enhanced?

Unehanced.

 

[retr01]

So, drawings of the boards from pages 2-1 and 2-6 of the Titan III plus IIe User's Guide from 1985 help me to understand better.

Does the modern version differ? Are there actual photographs of the recreations?

 

[retr01]

And on pages 4-7 in that guide, it looks like it is possible to run Apple IIc and later Apple IIe programs as well despite being unenhanced:

To run these programs in IIe emulation, you can replace your computer's NMOS 6502B processor with a 65C02 microprocessor rated at 3 MHz or faster. Most all Apple II programs written for the NMOS 6502B will work on the 65C02B. Only a handful of older Apple II programs, particularly those using standard programming techniques or protection schemes based on the NMOS 6502B processor, are incompatible with the 65C02B.​

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So, interesting! Does that mean we can have a faster processor in the Apple ///?

 

[Patrick]

I would so get this if i had any hope of finding a ///

neat project !

 

[Volvo242GT]

Unehanced.

Perfect. That means it'll run Micro$oft Multiplan without messing up the inverse capital letters in the menu at the bottom...

 

[jcm-1]

So, drawings of the boards from pages 2-1 and 2-6 of the Titan III plus IIe User's Guide from 1985 help me to understand better.

Does the modern version differ? Are there actual photographs of the recreations?

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Pictures: re-check the OP. I added pictures at the top.

 

[jcm-1]

And on pages 4-7 in that guide, it looks like it is possible to run Apple IIc and later Apple IIe programs as well despite being unenhanced:

To run these programs in IIe emulation, you can replace your computer's NMOS 6502B processor with a 65C02 microprocessor rated at 3 MHz or faster. Most all Apple II programs written for the NMOS 6502B will work on the 65C02B. Only a handful of older Apple II programs, particularly those using standard programming techniques or protection schemes based on the NMOS 6502B processor, are incompatible with the 65C02B.​

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So, interesting! Does that mean we can have a faster processor in the Apple ///?

Yeah, it'll run "enhanced" code so to speak if you swap your processor. But you won't get MouseText or the other ROM enhancements.

This will not change the speed of the Apple /// CPU. An accelerator for that would be.... a challenge.