Re: Upgrading Original IIe Motherboard

["Stanley R. Schroeder" <schroede@uor.edu>]

I spoke / wrote to Chuck (Charle's Appleseeds) a few months ago, and he
mentioned that he sold all of his IIe enhance upgrades. If anybody finds
an enhancement kit, or a good deal on a IIe Enhanced motherboard, I'd be
interested.

Stanley Schroeder
<schroede@jasper.uor.edu>
<rfbg67a@prodigy.com>

On 13 Nov 1996, Tim Foley wrote:

> In article <k480886@pro-nsdapple.cts.com>, tomk@pro-nsdapple.cts.com says...
> >
> >I was testing some of my Apple IIe;s today
> >and noticed the following differences.
> >
> >The original IIe can not do DHR.
> >In fact the computer will not boot if I install the jumper block on the
> >80 col/64k card.
> >
> >I have several questions about the original IIe.
> >1) Can it be enhanced with enhancement chip set (65c02, CD, EF, Video ROMs)?
> >2) Was the motherboard upgrade to support DHR FREE?
> >   If so, it still available?
> >3) How can I modify the motherboard myself to support DHR?
>
>
> Here is the goods from an Apple Document:
>
>   To convert a IIe to an enhanced model, it must have an old revision B logic
> board or newer.  If it has an old revision A board and it is not stamped "VAR",
> it is elegible for the free Rev.A to new rev.logic board swap under repair
> extension code OAA324.  The enhancement kit consists of a new CD ROM 342-0304,
> EF ROM 342-0303, 65C02 cpu (338-6503), and Video ROM (either 342-0265 for
> English or 342-0306 for French).  If double hi-res graphics are to be used, the
> jumper on the extended 80 column card must be connected. (However the new
> mini-extended 80 column cards don't have this jumper).
>
>
>   I recently bought about 20 IIe enhancement kits and sold most of them to a
> gentleman in california, Charlies Appleseeds as I remember, if your interested
> I can look up the info and you can order one from him (it has everything,
> shrinkwrapped even!).
>
>
> 		Good Luck
> 			Tim
>
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