Re: Apple IIe?

[brian.hammack@rook.wa.com (Brian Hammack)]

 Nathan raised the cup and toasted:

 "O<| How do you tell which kind of Apple IIe you have...
 "O<| Also, how can you tell how much RAM it has, whether or not it
    | should boot when you turn it on...etc...etc...etc...

The field tests go like this...

  PLATINUM:  The color of the case :) ... it's enhanced, has numberpad.

UNENHANCED:  CPU chip says 6502.  Lift the lid, middle of the board.

  ENHANCED:  CPU chip says 65C02 (and there may be an "Enhanced"
              sticker on the keyboard light)

RAM is determined by what card is in the auxilary slot:

  None:  48k
 Large:  64k
 Small:  128k
  Long:  Have a look at the number of memory chips; (chips / 8) = 256k
          A fully populated RamWorks board holds 1 meg; daughterboards
          on the front or back increase the size by half a meg or more.

If there's a drive card in the computer and a drive attached, yes, it
should automatically boot when powered up.  All Apples do that.  If a
drive is attached and it doesn't spin on powerup, there is a problem.
If there are no drives on the machine, the //e will present a Basic
prompt.  //e's don't have the //c and GS "bouncing apple" Check Boot
Disk screen and will keep spinning the drive ad infinitum if there's
no disk inserted or the disk isn't recognised.

 * 2qwk! 2.04 * Hedonism makes for a bad revolution, but good ad for one.