Re: Apple III?

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

Larry Mullaly (lmull@skypoint.com) wrote:
: 	I recently acquired an apple III someone was going to throw 
: away.  It came with the green screen monitor and a 'Profile' hard-drive.  
: It also came with a bunch of manuals and software.  I used to mess around 
: with the IIe back in high school, so I thought It would be neat to 
: refamiliarize myself with it.  I found an apple II emulation program for it 
: but I don't know if it will run IIe software.  I would like to run it in 
: IIe mode and be able to run the programs I get from FTP sites.  What I 
: need to know is if the apple III belongs in the garbage, or can I get it 
: to act like a IIe?

: 				Thanks.

	The Apple III only emulates an Apple II+, and I think that memory 
is restricted to 48k.  You can forget any hopes of ][e software being 
written too (even though the Apple III has Apple //e features), because 
Apple put hardware modifications in it to _prevent_ Apple //e emulation.  
Makes sense doesn't it?  Probably why it never caught on.  Anyway, if you 
think it belongs in the garbage, e-mail me and I would mind taking it off 
of your hands.  I've always wanted to see one and tinker with one.

	Good luck.


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