Re: II+ shipped with a II lid?

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

"Bill W." <billspamcan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 29, 5:47 pm, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>> During late 1980 and at least the first several months of 1981, Apple
>> shipped Apple II and Apple II+ systems that were identical except for ROMs
>> and labels.  
>> 
>> You have a "real" Apple II whose ROMs were upgraded.
> 
> Even with an A2S2- serial number?  I thought that was a sure indicator
> of II+.
> 
> My other one has an A2S1- serial number, so I (perhaps incorrectly)
> assumed all original IIs had that prefix.

I don't know about the labeling.  I do know that some Apple dealers (like
Computerland) were willing to just trade ROMs and lids to make the system
the customer chose.

-michael - NadaNet 3.1: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon