Re: ][+ ROM card

[bluemeanie@my-dejanews.com]

In article <7093fm$nlg$1@news.ccit.arizona.edu>,
  Christopher J Lewandowski-pearson <lewandow@u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>
> Pardon my ignorance, but what is a ][+ ROM card??
>
> -Chris
>

It's a card with 6 DIP sockets on it, just like on an Apple ][/Apple ][+
motherboard, plus a switch.  Flip the switch on, press reset, and the ROMs on
the card override the ROMs on the motherboard.	It was originally used to
convert Apple ][s with "old" ROMs on the motherboard into Apple ][+s with
"new" ROMs on the card, while still allowing you to switch back. Want to see
an Apple //e with Integer Basic in ROM?  Easy.	Just put original Apple ][
ROMs on the card, stick it in your //e, and turn it on. It's not a _terribly_
useful card, but it does offer some semi-cool backwards compatibility with
just the flip of a switch.

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