Re: Apple II or Apple II+ ????

[russotto@wanda.pond.com (Matthew Russotto)]

In article <20010521141838.26022.00000839@ng-bk1.aol.com>,
MikeW50 <mikew50@aol.com> wrote:
>>>The difference between a II and a II+ is the firmware.
>>>look at the F8 ROM. 
>>>Part # 341-0004-00 is a II    Monitor Rom
>>>Part # 341-0020-00 is a II+  Autostart ROM
>>
>>Some original IIs had the Autostart ROM.  You have to check the D0-F0
>>ROMs, to see if they have Applesoft.
>
>Many original Apple II owners, including me, replaced the Apple II ROMs with
>the ROMs from an AppleSoft hardware card. The ROMs alone are not a sure-fire
>way to tell if the motherboard is an authentic Apple II motherboard.

Yep.  If you do that with a Revision 1 motherboard, it is as far as I
know impossible to tell whether the MB was originally in an Apple II+
or not.  Unless you have access to Apple's records, assuming they
still exist.



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