Re: Apple 2c Variants

[CUTjblakeney@sympatico.ca (Jeff Blakeney)]

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 00:40:49 +1100, "Leslie Ayling"
<layling@intercoast.com.au> wrote:

>Just a quick question about the different varieties of Apple 2c's.
>
>Not counting the 2cplus, what are the *physical* differences in
>the various 2c machines between those that support the UNIDISK,
>and those that don't?
>
>Is it simply a ROM upgrade to support the UNIDISK 3.5, or are there
>some other hardware differences involved?

As far as I know there is very little hardware difference between the
four different ROM versions for the IIc.  I believe one of the
hardware differences is in the serial port as some versions had
problems going faster than 9600 bps reliably.

>Has anyone managed to get the Apple3.5 drive (from a GS for example)
>working on the 2c with an appropriate driver? Or is there a 2c variety
>that supports it out of the box?

The only model of IIc that supports the Apple 3.5 Drive is the IIc+.

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