Re: Mystery Card...

[tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com (Tom Kelly)]

In <344D929B.38C3@quality.NOSPAM.net>
James Noyes <jnoyes@quality.NOSPAM.net> writes:

>What ya got here is a genuine Apple ROM Card - but I guess you
>already figured that out.  :)  I have three of 'em.  They're not
>exactly the Holy Grail, but I think they're cool enough to keep.
>
>One sits in my //e, in Slot 3 (they work fine there, making
>that slot good for something after all).
>
>
>With the de-protecting application being pointless these days, the
>card is mostly a curiosity, but can be employed to make your Apple
>look like another machine.  For example, I burned a full set of
>UNenhanced //e ROMS to use on mine.  Now, my //e changes from
>enhanced to unenhanced at the flip of a switch (and a reset).
>Don't worry, folks - I've cannibalized enough unenhanced //e's for
>parts that I've got MORE than enough sets of ROMS with which to
>satisfy the copyright law.  ;)
>
>With access to a PROM burner, you could make your machine into
>virtually anything.  A II, II+, //e (enhanced or unenhanced),
>even a //c if you felt like it.  Or you could just make the
>machine say something besides "Apple //*" when you turn it on.
>
>(jnoyes@quality.NOSPAM.net)
>
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>
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I am very curious how you use the ROM card in a IIe.

The II+ had at max 6 ROMs at 16k each (96k).
The IIe has 1 128k or 2 64k ROMs (128k total).
How do you make it work?
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