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Re: Got an Apple IIe system today, some questions for ya
David Wilson wrote:
>> If you can get the 65C02, you can use EPROMs for the other three upgrade
>> chips, provided you have (or can get access to) a burner. Their content
>> is floating around the net. Although it must be mentioned that for the
>> character ROM, you need either a Motorola 68764 EPROM (fairly obscure
>> and unsupported by many burners), or you need to build an adapter. For
>> the other two ROMs, you can use standard 2764s.
>
> The NTSC IIe takes a standard 2732 CharGen while the PAL IIe takes a
> 2764.
> You would only need a 68764 if wou want both original and MouseText
> character sets available at the same time on an NTSC IIe (and you
> would need to add a switch).
Or if you want to use a NTSC mainboard in a PAL case and keep the
switchable font + keyboard.
But you are right, I got it mixed up insofar as it isn't necessary for
the "normal" case
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Linards Ticmanis