Re: //c vs //c+

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cv436@torfree.net (Jeffery Thomas) wrote:

>I just picked up a IIc at a second hand store so I could get the mouse 
>that goes with it.  The IIc+ a co-worker gave me didn't have one, so I 
>felt it a good opportunity to get it.
>
>It brings up some questions though.
>
>One is, are there any programs that take advantage of the mouse?

Yes, many.  The PublishIt desktop publishing program, for example,
or the MultiScribe word processor (which works sort of like
MacWrite).  Apple even made a Finder-like program called the
Apple II Desktop that works just peachy on the IIc+.  Then there
is GEOS, a GUI operating system that more or less requires a
mouse on the IIc and IIc+.  Also Springboard Publisher, another
desktop publishing program.

>Another question is, does the IIC differ greatly from the IIC+?  From the 
>outside I can see the 5.25" drive, the bigger serial ports, the external 
>PS, and the keyboard seems a little better than the IIC+.  But what I 
>wonder is about the OS version, and maybe stuff like pinout 
>similarities.  Are there differences there?

They use the same OSes, but the IIc+ can use the two models
of 3.5" disk drives designed for the Apple IIGS/Macintosh.
These are the Platinum 800k drive and the SuperDrive.  The
SuperDrive only works as an 800k driv on the IIc+, though.
These two drives do not work on the plain IIc, which requires
UniDisk drives (much slower).

Talking about speed, the IIc+'s CPU runs 4x faster than the IIc's.