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<H6>This page was created: 1-27-97 </H6>
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This morning, I got some nice color scans of the Inovative FPE card as 17
Mil. color <BR>
jpeg original files, (front and back) from Paul Dunkel. My special thanks
and my<BR>
appreciation go to Paul for sending the scans as requested by me.<BR>
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I then enhanced them with the Mac and converted them to 256 color gif files
also. <BR>
They are currently located in the 1WSW folder in the Ground archives, in the
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FPE folder, if you care to check them out in their jpeg and gif (<A
HREF="http://128.255.21.234/2/apple2/1WSW/FPE/">front
and back</A>) <BR>
256 color format files. Be warned they are very high quality color scans
and <BR>
thus, they are rather large - in both jpeg and gif file and screen display
size.<BR>
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Linked in for easy view and display below are much<BR>
smaller 256 color gif files - see the two graphics <BR>
that follow. <BR>
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<B>FPE card - front view</B><BR>
<IMG SRC="fpe.fv.gif" WIDTH="233" HEIGHT="198" ALIGN=bottom NATURALSIZEFLAG=
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<B>FPE card - back view</B><BR>
<IMG SRC="fpe.bv.gif" WIDTH="234" HEIGHT="197" ALIGN=bottom NATURALSIZEFLAG=
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It's the very rare (but, buggy also) Inovative System FPE 'FloatingPoint
Engine' Math<BR>
card for the Apple II computer series, specifically useful for the IIe and
IIGS, but <BR>
reportedly functional also on the II and II+ models. I talked with the cards
designer,<BR>
manufacturer and sales agent in Conneticut, USA a couple of years back and
he told me, <BR>
there was only about 340 of them made and sold. I've longed for one of the
type of cards<BR>
and should advise all that read this document page to note a new and improved
Math<BR>
coprocessor card of this type is now being made available from the hardware
designer: <BR>
<BR>
<A HREF="FP.NC.REF.html">Andres Schmidt</A> <- Click on this for ref.
text page with information on the FPE, FPU<BR>
and Number Cruncher (NC) card.<BR>
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This 'NEW' Math coprocessor FPE card is again being offered for sale to
the public, <BR>
without the bugs in the hardware and software, that reportedly existed in
the old Inovative <BR>
Systems FPE Card - Rev. A card, as shown above in the front and back view
gif files.<BR>
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I've enhanced and optimized both of the jpeg files for; color, clarity and
contrast, <BR>
depth and such. Then, I converted them with a Mac PPC and Debabalizer Pro<BR>
saving them as both jpeg and gif (256 color - dithered/optimized) formats.
These<BR>
formats and color palettes used with the conversions, should allow Apple
IIGS<BR>
users to view them on the IIGS, with most of the current gif and jpeg viewing<BR>
software.<BR>
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I've already uploaded the gif and jpeg (256 color format) conversion files
to our<BR>
main Apple II site 'Ground' and now I've made them available from GS WorldView<BR>
via this document page - to display them and for you to download and use
them via any <BR>
web browser software system and platform, etc. - as you wish - without restrictions.<BR>
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Thanks again to Paul Dunkel - for the great jpeg scans he sent me for my
conversion <BR>
and display efforts - to show the Apple II community via our ftp site and
the GS WorldView <BR>
web site. <BR>
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