Re: Another //e question

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Justin Teague writes ...
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> I was just loking at the motherboard of my //e, and I saw a long slot
> labled "Aux. Connector".  Can anyone tell me waht this is for?


     Normally, this is where you plug in your Extended 80-Column Card.

     Below is some more IIe info from the newsgroup FAQs on Ground at
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ftp://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs
http://ground.isca.uiowa.edu/2/apple2/Faqs



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008- 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). Alltech sells a IIe Enhancement kit for $29.00. 

     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. 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.  

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