Re: Apple II vintage

[John.Jackson@launchpad.unc.edu (John Jackson)]

In article <jesse-2004951522210001@jesse2.gi.alaska.edu>,
Jesse P. Atencio <jesse@dino.gi.alaska.edu> wrote:
>Just for the heck of it...
>
>I have an Apple II.  Not a II plus, or IIe here.  It has serial number
>8050 hand written on the motherboard.  Sticker on the bottom of case lists
>serial # A2S1-75884.  Also lists models available as:
>A2S0016 - 16K model
>A2S0032 - 32K model
>A2S0048 - 48K model
>
>So I guess these are the three configurations available at the time for
>the Apple II.


Yes, your assumption is correct.  As you face the keyboard one would see
to the left of each of the 3 rows of memory a configuration block. By
setting this block the machine would know which of the 3 amounts of ram it
had.  Then came the language card containing AppleSoft, the a 16K memory
card, etc.
Regards,
John
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