Re: Apple II or Apple II+

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff)]

Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
: "Jerry Varney" <jvarney2@mediaone.net> wrote:

: >Trying to figure out what system I have. My Apple has the Apple ][ on the
: >front. My system has a date of 1979 on the motherboard. I think the Apple 2+
: >was made in 1979.

: You have the Apple II.  The Apple II+ has an Apple II Plus label.
: Apple II and II+ sales overlapped for a time, so dates do not
: always tell all.  ;-)

The label on the lid doesn't necessarily tell all.  I used to have access
to a ][+ and a ][...and both had ][+ labels on them.

An easy way to get an idea which model you have is to turn the machine on.

If it immediately tries to boot a disk and displays "APPLE ][" at the top
of the screen, it is either a ][+ or an updated ][.

If you get a screen full of question marks and a Monitor prompt (*) then
you have an Apple ][.

If you remove any cards from Slot 0 and start up the machine, the Apple ][
will allow you to enter Integer BASIC (>) while the ][+ will give you
Applesoft (]) instead.

If there is an Applesoft ROM card in Slot 0 of a ][, it can sometimes
behave like a ][+, which is why I suggested removing any Slot 0 card.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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