Texas Tandy restorations Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) Someone asked me to see if I could get this vintage computer working again, it looks like an Apple II (or IIe not sure) clone labelled "Polisher" he said in a joke ", perhaps it is a Polish-made system" I told him I would find out if possible where that label came from Has anyone seen this before? googling "Apple II polisher" only brings up those cleaning kits, nothing more. here are a few photos: From the cards, I can tell it has 16kb Language card, grappler printer card, Z80 card, 80 column video card, and disk II card Edited March 23 by Texas Tandy restorations fixed pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamgroot Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 This is a IIe as the motherboard only has 3 ROM chips in a II+ case and keyboard with a badge change. Is there a serial # on the bottom? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modnarmai Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 I think this is a A2 or A2+ clone. There are 3 banks of 16k ram, a slot 0 and not an aux slot. The maker was using fewer larger ROMs for cost reasons. The board was laid out where smaller ROMs could have used. I think you will be better off if the disk interface is moved to slot 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 3/23/2024 at 12:26 AM, Iamgroot said: This is a IIe as the motherboard only has 3 ROM chips in a II+ case and keyboard with a badge change. Is there a serial # on the bottom? Nope. This is a II+. Looks like a nice motherboard - 100% clone. Most clones used a full compliment of six 2716 EPROMS, but many were able to use just three 2732 EPROMS via a motherboard-selectable method of cutting some "double triangle" pads and bridging some "semicircle" pads. It's pretty interesting, and a cool (and increasingly rare) look back at the alternative side of personal computing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KG7PFS Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 An Apple Polisher? Very funny. Just when I thought I'd heard all the dumb names for Apple clones. Is there any information at all on the manufacturer yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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