Re: Need some info on "Darth Vader" Apple

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

rocketusa@delphi.com wrote:

> So, then, is the Bell & Howell based on the Apple II and not the II
> Plus? That makes the Apple II History site wrong, then. The date on the
> motherboard was 1979.
>
> DJ

No, but when you through that switch, the ROM BASIC is Integer, rather than
Applesoft. At first, most Apple II software was in Integer BASIC, and users
wanted the ability to run the older software.

Roy

>
>
> In article <3A704A1E.7EA739EA@inetnebr.com>,
>   Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote:
> > rocketusa@delphi.com wrote:
> >
> > > Hi. I picked up my first-ever Bell & Howell black Apple
> >
> > > I pulled out a card called Apple
> > > Rom Card (which had a big red switch on it that didn't seem to do
> much)
> >
> > That card, if I recall correctly, has the Apple Integer BASIC on it,
> and by
> > throwing the switch you effectively switch between being an Apple ][,
> and
> > being and Apple ][ Plus (since one major difference between the two is
> > which BASIC is in ROM.)
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
>
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