Re: Apple II or Apple II+

[Bryan Villados <news001@macgeek.org>]

Based on this e-mail... I have an Interger BASIC ROM card in my Apple
II+. If I were to pull off my Applesoft ROMs from my II+'s logic board
and replace them with the ROMs from the Integer BASIC card, would I
actually get an Apple II?

Just curious! :)

In article <ru3ncs8glg747@corp.supernews.com>, Kevin Durflinger
<kjd@mdbs.com> wrote:

> I have one of each and the only visible difference is the logo on the top
> lid.
> The II+ has a green "plus" under the "apple][" part on the logo plate.
> Operationally the only difference between the two is that the II+ has
> Applesoft
> basic ROM's and the II has Integer basic in ROM's, though that isn't a clear
> indicator of their original product distribution as there where a few ways
> to alter that.
> 1) The Applesoft ROM's could be purchased and swapped in for the Integer
> basic ROM's (the previous owner did that to the Apple II that I own).
> 2) you could install an Apple ROM card with either Applesoft or Integer
> basic (whichever wasn't installed on the MB) and there was a switch that
> stuck out the back that allowed you to boot up with either one (I think DOS
> would switch to the appropriate ROM's to execute a given basic prog, not
> sure as I don't have a ROM card).
> 3) you could install a RAM card, (the Apple product was actually called a
> "Language Card" .. both my II and II+ have this card) and whichever BASIC
> isn't in your ROM's could be loaded into the RAM card and write protected
> and DOS will switch to the correct basic given the type of the file.