Indústria Brasileira

[Kyvinaria]

Greetings from Brazil!

I'm traveling down here, and took the time to take a look in the Sao Paulo Electronics District. Found some things:

-a Performa 6230CD (With the funky Video-in card and MPRG decoder). Not too remarkable, but proudly proclaims "Feito em Brasil" ("Made in Brazil") on it, so for that reason I'm keeping it. Bought it for R$30 (30 Reai's, about $12)

-A boatload of Brazilian Apple II cards (A couple from Unitron Too )

-2 Z80 Cards (from "LogoData")

-3 or 4 Parallel Interfaces ( from Unitron)

-1 16KB RAM expansion from "AppleTronica" (It even has a copy of the Apple Logo)

-3 or 4 RAM Expansions (Not the ones with the cable that goes to the motherboard, just Stand-alone Cards)

-About 8 or 9 "Televideo" Cards. Not sure what they do. I suspect they're video cards, since a couple have a "Soft Video Switch" daughter-card on them.

-3 Communications cards (Copies of the Super-serial Card)

-A Really primitive looking 80-column card. Evidently not designed for the IIe (it's Manufactured in 1982). It says 80-Col on it. Not sure about what else it does. It's not an Auxillary-slot card

-An "Interface Card" from Unitron. Has a Single 20-pin header on it. Not sure what it does

Bought them for R$7 each (7 Reai's, about $3.50 each)

All these cards are dated from around 1980-1982. They are all made in Brazil, and are marked as such. Not sure if they work, since I don't have an Apple II with me. I'm very pleased with my finds so far. I'll keep you all updated on anything else I find down here.

 

[tomlee59]

You can play video CDs (VCDs) on that Performa. The original MPEG card kit came with a couple of episodes of the original Twilight Zone, as well as some other interesting vids. Fun!

 

[LCGuy]

What a sweet haul!

 

[beta_train]

Sweet Nice finds! ¿Hablas español? O simplemente portugués?

 

[Kyvinaria]

hehe, Yo hablar Espanol y Ingles. I'm actually Canadian, but living in Ecuador, but am currently in Brazil visiting a friend. Complicated, no? I'm very pleased with my finds so far.

I've also found the following today....

- 2 Internal Half-Height Single-Sided Drives. I found them at the same shop as the Cards, and they have 20-pin headers on them that are almost certainly for a Disk-II controller. There was a 3rd drive, but it was broken (Spindle was bent, and the R/W head was destroyed), so I didn't take it.

It seems this shop used to have a couple Unitron Apple II clones, but they got Gutted and stripped at some point. I fear these parts I've found are all that are left of these machines (would be nice if I could find the Cases...). Sad, Really.

I also found a Quadra 950 and a 5200/75 in a Shop downtown. I can't take them back with me though, too heavy. Any Collectors here in Brazil (Specifically in Sâo Paulo), now is your chance. They're in the Technolgy District, Near Rua General Osorio. The shop has a lot of iMac's and a couple eMacs in it too, for reference. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I'm not too familar with this place.

Tchau