Apple II serial card identification

[feltel]

In my recently purchased Apple IIe there was an serial card but which lacks two ICs. Unfortunately I was not able to identify the card and subsequently I could not check which ICs where originally installed on this card. Does anyone recognize this card? I searched the internet but to no avail.

 

[GorfTheChosen]

Scope this out and see if it helps any:

What...are THESE??

http://www.onemanband.com/ebay/mysterycards.jpg I just opened up one of my Platinums and found these inside. Does anyone know what they are? I think they're together somehow. They were in neighboring slots: the normal card was in 2 and the 'monolith' was in 3 (or it might have been 3 and 4...I...

forum.vcfed.org

 

[feltel]

Thanks. I found this thread while searching. Unfortunately the user with such a card was last online 15 years ago and the Internet Archive did not catch the picture URL he posted. :-(

 

[feltel]

Update: I found this in the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2010061....net/SELL/Apple-Card-GSP-Tablet-Interface.htm

So this card isn´t an serial card as I thought. It´s an interface card for a graphics tablet. Case closed.

 

[micheledipaola]

Update: I found this in the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/2010061....net/SELL/Apple-Card-GSP-Tablet-Interface.htm

So this card isn´t an serial card as I thought. It´s an interface card for a graphics tablet. Case closed.

It seems to me very very similar to this other one which popped up a few years ago in the Apple II FB group:


and ended up being identified as a CAD system: light pen controller + dongle box for protecting the CAD software.

If the link works (and it's allowed...) this is the FB post:

Apple II Enthusiasts | Ok hive mind, last time I found something strange and posted it here, i never did find out what it was, so here’s my next one that I sense I’ll ne... | Facebook

Ok hive mind, last time I found something strange and posted it here, i never did find out what it was, so here’s my next one that I sense I’ll never get an answer to. The black card was in slot 2...

www.facebook.com

 

[feltel]

Yes, such a black box was also inside the machine.