Re: Rarity and Pricing

[Robert Boucher <rboucher@houston.rr.com>]

Christopher N. Russell 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?
> 

I had my IIe enhanced in July, 1985. The kit consisting of three chips
and a new CPU. The original 6502 was replaced with a 65C02. The cost was
$55 (however I did get a $10 rebate). The only outward appearance change
was a small enhanced sticker that was placed over the power on light on
the lower left side of the keyboard.