Subject: Re: 65832 CPU??? Apple //f???
Date: 11 Apr 2002 04:56:36 GMT
From: cturley2@aol.com (Cturley2)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2


Rubywand wrote asking:

<< That's a pretty rare manual. How did you obtain it?>>

;-) Legally -- by snail mail from a guy in Okalahoma that
offered to send it to me for free.  He told me he was a 
student in high school years ago and decided he wanted 
info on the then rumored NEW 65832 CPU for the IIgs.

He contacted WDC with his request convienced them he
was a big time chip manufacture interested in buying
it for commercial production and they sent him one.

I got wind of him from an offer he posted to this NG 
back in 1995 -- asking if anybody was interested in
it for free.  I emailed him first on it and he mailed it
on to me promptly.

I showed it to Woz at a rock concert back in 1996 -- he
was astounded when reviewing it and signed the cover
page for me.  That's why it has that Woz sig. on it.  As
such -- yes, it is pretty rare -- and -- with mine and 
the autograph from Woz on it's cover page --- it's a 
priceless and VERY rare one-of-a-kind.

WDC told me on several occasions in our many telcons:
"we have no such manual ourself now -- only made a
dozen or so and mailed all of them out to clients many
years ago."  I've never found anybody else that has one
either.

Mine may well be the only one left in existence now (???).  
That's why I digitized it *cover to cover* and put it online
to share the info with the world.

Cheers,
Tom