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> /* ---------- "Applied Engineering Card compatibil" ---------- */
> > I heard that it was 90% software compatible
> > with the //e emulation mode and all the hardware expect the aple ssc
> > and the applied engineering cards worked.  the ssc didn't work because of
> > a different communications chip that was in the gs, while the ae card were
> > some unknow reason at the time.
> 
> Which AE card was this?
> Thanks
> Chris

It is my understanding that 

1. SOFTWARE for the SSC will not work on the basic //GS IF IT DIRECTLY
   MANIPULATES THE COMMUNICATIONS CHIP on the SSC, because the com chip
   in the built-in serial ports is different. However, if you put a SSC into the
   //GS, and disable the builtin ports, it will work, and any software which
   used the published commands for the SSC (see SSC manual) should still work
   even with the builtin ports..

2. The AE cards that don't work are the ones for the AUXILIARY slot, i.e. the 
   slot in the middle of the //e motherboard, right next to the power supply
   (in US machines, or lined up with slot 3 in European machines). This is
   simply because the //GS does not have that particular slot. Thus, the
   AE Ramworks (both models) and any //e 80-column cards will not work in the
   //GS. HOWEVER, AE Ramfactor cards, and any other cards compatible with the
   Apple 1MB expansion card, which plug into one of the normal expansion slots
   1-7, should work with the //GS.
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