Wanted: AST Sixpak 'Premium'

[the xt guy]

Most of us here that are familiar with the IBM PC and PC/XT know about the AST Sixpak Plus, the expansion board that adds up to 384 K base memory to fill these models to 640K, serial, parallel and game port, clock and calendar.

I'm looking for the next model in the line after these; the AST Sixpak Premium. It was like the Sixpak Plus model, but it also added expanded memory to its features. It could have a total of 2 megs. of RAM, part of it backfilling to 640K just as the 'plus' model did and the rest used as expanded memory.

The board itself could hold a total of 1 meg (in 256K chips) and an additional 1 meg. more RAM on an optional daughterboard.

 

[dkedrowitsch]

I have one of these bad boys in a NEC V20 based clone. Fully loaded with 2 megs. Although I can't part with it, I do have the original disks with several versions of the drivers and utilities if you would like a copy. Maybe someday you'll find a board but need the software.

Good luck on your hunt!

 

[mikey99]

Is this the same as the card referred to as the AST MEGAPLUS or MEGAPLUS 2 ?

 

[dongfeng]

I have an AST Advantage Premium... It is in my IBM AT and is 16-bit.

 

[Lutiana]

I have a user manual for the Sixpak Premium, but alas I don't have the card. In fact I have a MegaPlus II, and am in need of its software (AST SuperPak).

Want it?

 

[Lorne]

In fact I have a MegaPlus II, and am in need of its software (AST SuperPak).

AST SuperPak software can be found at:

http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum/showthread.php?t=15613

 

[Lutiana]

Sweet.

Thanks for the link.