Re: ROM Card question

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

There were two ROM cards. The Applesoft BASIC ROM card was for Apple IIs
with Integer BASIC. The Integer BASIC ROM card was for Apple II+ that has
Applesoft BASIC.

What I don't understand is exactly what's the thought pattern of these
products were... Why would someone buy a ROM card when they can easily buy a
16K RAM card (Language Card what Apple called it) and load the BASIC you
want to it. And with a 16K RAM card, you could use it for other things
besides BASIC. With a ROM card, you would either be stuck with the RAM that
came with the logic board, or you would have to use yet another slot and buy
a RAM card that can live in slots other than 0. The only advantage I can see
in a ROM card is loading of BASIC (DOS 3.3 takes several seconds to load
BASIC into the Language Card).

--- Bryan

"Vince Briel" <vbriel@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have an Apple II plus that has the rom card (6 chip) installed in slot
> 0 instead of the 16K language card.  Can somebody tell me why this would
> be here instead of the language card.  I thought the ROM card was for
> the standard II so that you could have built in Applesoft?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vince
>
> Vintage Computer Resource
> http://www.vintagecomputer.tk
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