Re: Help w/ IIe enhancement kit!

[sknkwrks@sonny-boy.cs.unlv.edu (Scott Alfter)]

In article <9301090157.AA09336@apple.com> ST7759@SIUCVMB.SIU.EDU writes:
>I finally bought the IIe enhancement kit, went to put it in, and noticed
>a problem.  The IIe I have is a Euro version PAL.  The enhancement kit
>has a chip for the character generator which is too small for the socket
>my old one is/was in.  Do I need the German char gen chip, or can I
>leave the old one in with the new chips, or can I get the US chip
>swapped for a German one at no additional cost to me, except for mail or
>gas?  What are my options here?  I would actually prefer to keep the
>German characters available, if not always in use.  Help?

Until you find the appropriate bilingual replacement, you should be
able to put the US-only chip in the socket.  Make sure that pin 1 of
the chip matches with pin 1 of the socket...if I'm not mistaken, the
pin layout of the 2732 (US-only) and the 2764 (bilingual) is close
enough for the pins they have in common that the setup might work.
Socket positions 13-16 should remain empty.  (I once stuck a 2716 in
my IIe's video-ROM socket...text worked, but graphics didn't.  I think
the way the bilingual setup works is that it uses a 2764 instead of a
2732...the uppermost address bit selects US or local characters.)

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