Re: IIe Questions!

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, David Empson wrote:

> > 3. This IIe has no 16 pin joystick socket inside - when did they start
> > removing them?
> 
> There might be something plugged into it, making it hard to identify.

Found it - there was an unmarked 'dummy' chip plugged into it.  Removing
it didn't make any difference.

> > 5. Can I tell by the Serial# on the bottom, the date of manufacture of
> > this particular machine - it's a platinum IIe and came with 2 GS-style
> > platinum disk II's (with the cords as opposed to ribbon cables).
> 
> You should be able to narrow down its age by looking at the motherboard,
> along the back of the machine (behind the slots) - there is a design
> date, and I think there is also a manufacturing date stamped onto it.

There are 2 numbers: one under Apple Computer 820-0087 E  and below it:
620-0187 E

> The general type of IIe would help narrow it down: if it is a platinum
> one (with numeric keypad) then it is 1987 or later.  The original
> machine would be 1983 to 1987, and this can be narrowed down further by
> determining the motherboard revision (A, B or enhanced).

This is platinum with numeric keyboard.

> The memory expansion options for the IIe are auxiliary slot multi-bank
> cards (like the RamWorks), which require special software or patches, or
> standard slot "slinky" cards like Apple's 1MB card and the RamFactor,
> which work automatically as ProDOS RAM disks.

This has 2 - 64KX4 chips on the board and nothing on the 80 column card.
It gives me 55k available in Appleworks 2.

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