US/Intl Apple //e's

[jeff.brielmaier@yob.com (Jeff Brielmaier)]

JL>>    Yes, for _International_ //es (the 220 volt ones, etc), slot 3 and
JL>> the aux slot are in line. On the regular (American) versions, it's to
JL>> the left of slot one.
JL>
JL>OK.  Let me re-phrase my question :-
JL>
JL>What on earth made Apple do two different board designs which
JL>effectively gives non-US users one slot less?  (Don't tell me -
JL>because it's Apple...)
JL>
JL>What are the major differences?

The are two major differences between the US and international versions of the 
Apple //e:

1) Support for PAL video circuitry (I believe that this was the reason behind
the layout difference, but I can't a magazine article quickly that 
specifically compares US/Intl versions.)
2) Support for non-US keyboard layouts/character (video) generation

* KingQWK 1.05 # [PK] * Bad or missing mouse driver.  Spank the cat?  (y/n)

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