Re: //c

[Dave Morrison <deth@healey.com.au>]

Just if you wanted to know...the international one also has 80/40 next
to the button, but as you said, has a little picture next to the
keyboard button.

Dave



David Empson wrote:
> 
> Dave Morrison <deth@healey.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hey....my ][c has an 80/40 switch but it has a built in 5.25" drive.
> > Is this definitely a ][c+??
> 
> No.  You misread Nathan's article - he said that the one WITHOUT the
> 80/40 switch is the IIc+.
> 
> However, I think Nathan misinterpreted the original article.  Morimoto
> said that one machine had icons next to its buttons, and the other
> didn't.  Here is the original text:
> 
> > >In article <33899DA6.4C49@sag.bekkoame.or.jp>,
> > >Morimoto  <gorom@sag.bekkoame.or.jp> wrote:
> > >>I was offered a //c for free.  One had icons for the "keyboard", "40/80"
> > >>buttons, and the other didn't.  Which is better?
> 
> I have seen both the US and international (UK) versions of the Apple IIc
> (I have a US one here, but haven't seen the international one for a
> while).  The US one has the words "80/40" and "Keyboard".  The
> International one has a keyboard icon next to the keyboard button, and I
> don't recall what it has next to the 80/40 button.
> 
> The keyboard layouts are different: the international one has the ISO
> standard keyboard layout, e.g. a vertical reverse-L shaped Return key.
> 
> One of the switches above the keyboard selects between the local and US
> character sets (the same function as the switch under the keyboard on
> the international version of the IIe).  I think this was the left
> switch.
> 
> Functionally, the international IIc is identical to the US one, except
> that the video might be PAL-compatible instead of NTSC-compatible; if
> so, the master 14 MHz clock frequency is slightly lower.
> 
> --
> David Empson
> dempson@actrix.gen.nz
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