Re: Needing help upgrading a IIe!

[Tom Zuchowski <cd003508@interramp.com>]

dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:
>Tom Zuchowski (cd003508@interramp.com) wrote:

>: >1)Are there any disadvantages to enhancing?  Any ][ programs incompatable
>: >w. 65c02?
>
>: None that I know of, and there are many advantages.  I've been using an 
>: enhanced IIe for about 5 years now, and I'm a big DOS 3.3 user.
>
>I have found one.  Many older programs (including anything written in
>runtime Pascal, such as the old PFS: suite), including my DOS 3.3 version
>of AppleWriter ][e use a method of displaying text which chokes on the "new"
>video ROM...where you are supposed to get inverse uppercase text, you get
>Mouse$#!+ instead.

Whoops. That's right. Flashing text is also a big no-no. But then, I 
always hated flashing text. <g>

Actually, enhanced IIe's do still have inverse uppercase text; but those 
programs you mentioned are accessing the wrong ASCII codes to get them.

TomZ