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Re: Apple II Csa2 FAQs 9/9/1998 MainHall-1 (Start Here) w. Q20!
There is actually a third flavor of //e. It has a platinum case and includes a
built-in numeric keypad to the right of the keyboard. It also benefits from
some of the //gs technology in that it has fewer chips than the other //e's
(although a bit more than the 1 or 2 chips in the //gs that let it run //e
software). I'm not sure, but I think it might have had 128k of RAM built in so
it wouldn't need the Extended 80-column card. I don't know if it had a unique
signature byte.
Rubywand wrote:
>
> 010- What is an Apple II: The Apple //e
>
> The //e comes in two flavors: Enhanced and unenhanced. When you
> start your computer, the unenhanced IIe displays "Apple ][" at the top
> of screen; the Enhanced IIe displays "Apple //e". Apple made an
> Enhancement kit to upgrade an unenhanced to Enhanced by replacing 4
> chips (CPU [65C02], Video ROM [MouseText], and new Monitor/Applesoft
> ROMs). Apple Resource Center sells a IIe Enhancement kit for $20.00.
>
> The current IIe operating system is ProDOS-8. (The IIe can also run
> DOS 3.3, earlier DOS's, and Pascal.) A lot of ProDOS software requires
> an Enhanced //e, and sometimes 128K, too.
>
> A IIe Enhancement Kit does not include any extra RAM. You can
> expand a 64k IIe to the standard 128k required for a fully Enhanced IIe
> via an Extended 80-column card. It plugs into the Aux Connector on the
> motherboard. Alltech ($19.00), MC Price Breakers ($14.95), and
> Sequential Systems ($19.95) sell such cards.
>
> Except for being able to type and display lower-case characters,
> the unenhanced IIe is very similar to the II+. A 128k Enhanced IIe adds
> a number of features including 80-column firmware and 16-color
> double-lores and double hires display capability.
>
> The Apple //e remains useful for four major reasons:
>
> 1) It runs AppleWorks, a simple to use, yet sophisticated
> Spreadsheet/Word Processor/Database.
>
> 2) It can run many games and other entertainment software products.
>
> 3) There are many Apples in schools-- an example is Louis Cornelio's
> room at Clairemont High School ( http://www.n2.net/clairemont/ )-- so
> there is a ton of Apple II educational software.
>
> 4) It is was and will always be a _Personal_ computer. You can learn
> as little or as much as you want, and nothing stops you from learning
> about every nook and cranny in it. Ask any big name programmer in MS/DOS
> or Mac where they learned to program. Most of them taught themselves on
> a good ol' Apple II.
>
> Recommended configuration: Extended 80 Column card (gives you 128K) or
> RamWorks (512K to 1MB RAM), Enhancement kit (for unenhanced IIe), and a
> composite color monitor which can display decent 80-colume text, Super
> Serial card, Disk ][ controller card, two 5.25" Disk ][ or compatible
> drives, parallel printer interface card, and parallell-interface
> printer. A Hard Drive is recommended if you use a lot of different
> programs. Heavy Appleworks users should add the hard disk, extra RAM,
> and a 4MHz or better accelerator (like the Rocket Chip, Zip Chip or
> TransWarp). --Dan DeMaggio, Rubywand
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