Re: Which 6502 variant to use?

["Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

"Alistair J Ross" <mail@ataliross.co.uk> wrote in message
pan.2004.09.22.00.53.45.410041@ataliross.co.uk">news:pan.2004.09.22.00.53.45.410041@ataliross.co.uk...
> On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:17:55 +0000, Sean Fahey wrote:
>
> What exactly is an 'unenhanced' //e? My //e has a 80column card which
> looks longer than the one on my old //e -- it's double the size, does this
> mean it has ram on it as well? I still don't know how to tell how much ram
> an apple has.

I won't expand on Michael's excellent reply on what an enhanced //e is
except to add that when you boot, the original machine will display "][e" on
the screen, whereas the enhanced machine will identify itself with "//e".
Thats the easiest, "no programming required" method for identification.

As to how much RAM you have - you have at least 64K on the motherboard. You
probably have an additional 64K on the 80 column card also but that's not
guaranteed - there are at least six 80 column cards that I know Apple
produced, not to mention the dozens (if not hundreds!) of aftermarket
brands -- but based on your description of your card being longer than the
old one, it sounds like the first generation Extended 80 column with
additional 64K to me.

To learn more about the nuances of the Apple //e, look over this chapter:

http://apple2history.org/history/ah07.html

I think the //e will always be my favorite Apple II - even though I spend a
lot of time on the GS, the //e feels like it has more character to me.