Re: Rarity and Pricing

[Matt Jenkins <mdj@bilby.cs.rmit.edu.au>]

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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