Re: Unenhanced IIe Question

[Polymorph <mike.a.stephens@gmail.com>]

On May 12, 3:46 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Simon D. Williams wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 May 2010, D Finnigan wrote:
>
> >> Quick question: were there ever unenhanced IIe (that display Apple ][ on
> >> boot) which had the black-lettered keys?
>
> > Yes... I have a stack of IIe's that came from a school - some are
> > enhanced, some not... all of them have the black lettered keys. Of
> > course I'm assuming all the keyboards are original.
>
> I'm glad you brought that up...
>
> It is quite likely that many //e's in "circulation" have had boards
> swapped, keyboards swapped, etc.
>
> It is not at all improbable that a //e today is a "mosaic" of several
> generations of //e parts.
>
> -michael
>
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I still have my //e that I bought (well my mum bought it for me!) in
about 1988. It was second hand but it was un-enhanced and has black
lettered keys.

I only enhanced it a couple of years ago when I bought another //e of
eBay which came with the upgraded ROMs, etc. The upgraded ROMs were
all EEPROMs though, so it was a home grown enhancement kit.  ;-)

That //e case later turned into a IIgs:
http://apple2.sytes.net/IIe_to_IIgs/index.html

The black lettered keys can be clearly seen in some of the pictures
near the bottom of the page.

Cheers,
Mike