Re: Wikipedia -- expanding Apple II presence with new articles

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Mark Percival wrote:
> Sean Fahey wrote:
>
>
> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> >
> > > As I read on, regarding the Platinum IIe, I believe that the main
> > > board used in the Platinum also found its way into late-model
> > > standard IIe machines.
> >
> > Probably and most certainly as service parts.
>
>
> Nope, according to Open Apple V3N1 (February 1987) in the article
> "Apple Introduces an Updated IIe", paragraph 3 says...
>
> "In addition to the visible changes on the exterior of the computer,
> the machine uses a revised motherboard that Apple has been actually
> been putting in new IIes since October."

So...that's a "yep" the way I read it.

Late model //e's, Platinum and otherwise, shipped with the revised
(low-bandwidth pushbutton) motherboard.

-michael

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