Re: Which Color Classic to use a IIe card in?

["Paul G." <carbide@egine.com>]

On Mar 3, 9:15 am, "Craig Bower" <to.email...@post.a.request> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Just a quickie question.
>
> eBay item #120093157545 (Mac Color Classic Mystic)
>
> Would this Mac CC be able to run a IIe card?

Yes, in 24 bit memory mode but not in 32 bit mode. Set that in the
Memory Control Panel, or if you remove the battery it defaults to 24
bit. If you then want 32 bit memory, just change it with the control
panel and reboot. The only reason you might want 32 bit memory access
is that the max memory is limited in 24 bit mode- might be 8 or 12
megs max, can't remember. I have 32 megs in mine. That only matters if
you're using it as a Mac.

This is my favorite 8 bit Apple II. Compact, color screen, built in
accelerator and scsi hard disk, external SCSI connector, and 3.5"
floppy. You'd have to pay a bundle for all those features in a IIe.
Plus, you get a cool Mac which is much faster than a stock Color
Classic. You can store your archive of Apple II files on it and easily
transfer them to 3.5" or 5 1/4" prodos disks for your other Apple
II's.  Shrink II is a useful utility for this.

You can also swap in an ethernet card in place of the IIe card, or use
it as an Apple Talk server for your IIgs's.

One other upgrade you can do to a Mystic is increase the screen
resolution to VGA. This requires doing some trace cutting and
soldering to modify the output of the flyback transformer.
-Paul