Re: II+ Video problems.

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

According to the history of Apple web site, the soldered
in RAM machines was an attempt by apple to cut the cost
of manufacturing II's.  My unenhanced IIe has most of the
chips in sockets whereas my platinum IIe has very few chips
in sockets.

http://apple2history.org/

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"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
news:3b3dc4f9$1@news.iprimus.com.au...
> John,
>
> do you think your various IIe's with socketed RAMs were made that way, or
> possibly the result of being repaired ?
> My IIe non-enhanced (when new) had and still has soldered in RAMs. Perhaps
> it depends where the boards were assembled or a result of a manufacturing
> change.
>
> And I'm not counting, otherwise I'd have to count mine too :) And I'd have
> to re-count weekly due to constant collecting.
>
> Mark
>
>
> > ...
> > > Not all IIe's have soldered chips, I have a IIe non-enhanced
> > > with a bank of unsoldered in RAM's.  The difference being
> > > that the IIe platinum has two 4464 chips and the IIe non-enhanced
> > > has eight 4164 chips in sockets.
> > ...
> > -J (owner of way too many Apple computers, both Mac and A2 - but, who's
> counting?)
>
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