Re: Apple /// questions - yes, I can count!

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <slrn62sosg.16v.hirsch@air.steve.net>,
Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@ibm.net> wrote:

>I didn't realize the ///+ was a rarity.  I was given one about 2 weeks
>ago, and it's in great shape.  Out of curiousity, what is the little
>rocker switch on the left apron for?

It's a resolution doubler type thing. You flip it and get a sharper display. 
So the theory goes, I can't tell any difference.

>There was an adapter for this.  Fortunately, it came attached to a
>Disk /// I purchased on the net.  It's Apple PN 655-6101A, in case you
>run across it.

Man what luck. I have a disk III but can only use it with my regular III.

>By "formatting chip", are you saying that it has a piggy-back style Z8
>processor?  I think they actually shipped production units with a
>piggyback chip early on.  If you actually _do_ have the formatter ROM
>for a 10M ProFile, PLEASE drop me E-Mail offline?

It's a piggyback type chip so my best guess is that's what it is.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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