Re: Apple IIe platinum enhanced?

[D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>]

Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Sam Latella wrote:
> 
>> Another question?
>>
>> The Apple IIe platinum enhanced version with the built in keypad, I was
>> told
>> that it had the 5.25 disk drive controllers built on board?
> 
> No, still has a card in slot 6.

What Sam Latella might be thinking of is the Extended 80-Columns Card which
shipped standard with every Platinum machine. It could be removed by the
user, however.


> 
>> What other specs does the platinum iie have besides being enhanced.
> 
> Same as a regular enhanced //e.  I think it has the Shift Mod.

Specs are the same, but the motherboard is changed in a few ways:

- ROMs condensed down to one chip
- RAMs also consolidated to fewer chips
- Extended 80-Column card came pre-installed
- Shift key mod is by default enabled (older IIe models had the solder pads
for the change)
- Capacitors added to game I/O

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