Re: Upgrading to IIe enhanced

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote in message news:4dc2f5a8$0$6877$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net...
> On 05/05/2011 07:25 PM, Bill Garber wrote:
>> "Jeff Shanholtz" <jeffsubs@shanholtz.com> wrote in message news:da
>> e23db9-08a1-4536-a286-2029759eff8a@l14g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
>>> Where can the images for the CD and EF roms be found, and which
>>> EPROMs are the correct ones to use? I'd like to burn my own roms,
>>> and the 65c02 is the only other thing I need from what I have
>>> gathered, right?
>>
>> They are 2764's IIRC, the Platinum enhanced //e has a 27128.
>
> The upgrade consists of four chips: 65C02 CPU (should be a non-Rockwell
> chip for 100% compatibility), Video ROM for MouseText support, and the
> CD and EF ROMs.
>
> I can confirm that 2764s will work for the CD and EF ROMs. For the video
> ROM, IIRC a 2764 should work for international //e models, but the
> American //e needs a 2732 and an adapter, or a very hard to find chip
> which I think was called 2532. But I'm not so sure about that, maybe
> somebody else can chime in?
>
> -- 
> Linards Ticmanis

Thanks Linards, I always forget that Character ROM for the Mouse Text.
My Platinum IIe has a dual CharGen, so I don't think about it anymore.

Bill