Re: Rarity and Pricing

["Christopher N. Russell" <chrisrussell2k@yahoo.com>]

By the way, I saw a "Apple II gs" on an auction site.  Ok, but it was in an
Apple IIe style case. Can anyone explain? Thanks
"Matt Jenkins" <mdj@bilby.cs.rmit.edu.au> wrote in message
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> Christopher N. Russell <chrisrussell2k@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Also, I heard that there were three kinds of IIe s: The plain apple IIe,
the
> > apple IIe enhanced/extended, and the apple IIe "platinum." Of course,
the
> > plain apple IIe is just the original, the platinum is the one with the
> > keypad, but somewhere I hear there was an apple IIe enhanced or
extended. It
> > had engraved down in the corner, left of the spacebar, engraved either
> > enhanced or extended, and I can't remember which. Could somebody fill me
in?
>
> The enhanced //e is the original (beige) //e with the enhancement kit
> fitted, making it more like a //c. The power light recess on the keyboard
> usually had a sticker to replace the Power label with "Enhanced". I'm
> pretty sure that after the enhancement kit was issued, all //e's were
> shipped with it as standard.
>
> There's also the very first //e's with the revision A motherboard, which
> was incapable of double hires graphics. Apparently someone figured out not
> long after the //e went into production that the extra graphics modes
could
> be gained with very simple changes.
>
> Also, the early //e's were housed in a modified ][ case, easily identified
> by the small black 'spiky' pads under the lid. Quite rare nowadays.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Matt
>
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