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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Apple II processor cards''' (or '''co-processor cards''') were special cards that could be used to allow the [[Apple II]] to use different processors on the (otherwise) same [[computer hardware]]. This allowed other operating systems to run on the Apple II.<br />
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Here are some processors that were available on [[coprocessor]] cards for the Apple II:<br />
* [[Zilog Z80]] – Microsoft [[Z-80 SoftCard|SoftCard]] or compatibles, ran [[CP/M]]<ref>[http://www.apple2info.net/hardware/softcard/softcard.htm Microsoft Softcard] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409101019/http://www.apple2info.net/hardware/softcard/softcard.htm |date=2010-04-09 }}, Microsoft Consumer Products. (1980), A2Info.Net</ref><br />
* [[Intel 8088]] – the [[ALF Products#AD8088 Processor Card and AD128K Memory Card|AD8088 Processor Card]], from [[ALF Products]], ran [[CP/M-86]] and [[MS-DOS]] as well as increased the speed of math functions in [[Applesoft BASIC]].<ref>ALF Products newsletter, 1983, [http://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20Project/Companies/ALF%20Products/Documentation/ALF%20Alpha%205.pdf ''ALF Alpha 5'']. Retrieved 2013-04-13.</ref> MetaCard, from Metamorphic Systems (a 1982 startup by [[Phil Zimmermann]]), ran CP/M-86, MS-DOS, and [[UCSD Pascal]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=YjAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Metamorphic%20Systems%22%20-rock&pg=PA3 Two new 16bit processor cards turn Apples into IBM PCs], By David Needle, 12 Apr 1982 InfoWorld</ref><br />
* [[Motorola 6809]] – The Mill, by Stellation Two, ran [[OS-9]] Level One.<ref>[http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/retrocomputing/apple/apple2/mill/ The Mill by Stellation Two]</ref><ref>[http://romancecapitol.com/post/romance/romance-of-the-entrepreneur/ Romance of the Entrepreneur] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531093146/http://romancecapitol.com/post/romance/romance-of-the-entrepreneur/ |date=May 31, 2010 }}, The Capitol of Romance</ref><ref>[http://www.hackzapple.com/ORG1/M2/COPROC/6809MILL.HTM "THE MILL" carte 6809 de STELLATION TWO], HACK Z APPLE, Collection Apple II</ref><ref>[http://jhinds.411-source.com/ James Hinds], CHIEF DESIGNER & PRESIDENT, Stellation Two, Inc. 1/1980-6/1985 – invented, designed and produced THE MILL and Vitamill coprocessor circuit boards for Apple // computers for this manufacturer of hardware and publisher of software<br />
for Apple // Computers.</ref> AP10 by IBS running [[FLEX (operating system)|FLEX]]<br />
* [[Motorola 68008]] – mc magazine<ref>[http://www.harrowalsh.de/Elektronik/APPLEBOX/68008CPUcard/68008translation.pdf Apple II 68008 Co Processorcard project] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513220112/http://www.harrowalsh.de/Elektronik/APPLEBOX/68008CPUcard/68008translation.pdf |date=2014-05-13 }}</ref><br />
* DEC LSI-11 – (unconfirmed)<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Apple II peripheral cards]]<br />
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