Re: Happy but disappointed

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
news:cIeLb.48134$Dm.38122@edtnps89...
: I was over at a someones place to pick up some Apple II mags
when
: he asked if I'd be interested in a II+. I said yes of course.
When
: he handed me the box I could happily see Apple II with no plus
: on the cover. I could also see the raised power light so I was
: guessing Rev 3 or 4.
:
: I was partly right, the case is of that vintage but the
Motherboard
: is a Rev 7 and the bottom pan is a RFI one. Power light cover
was
: Rev 3-4 vintage but the keyboard came from a plus.

My II+ is a hybrid too, which is why I haven't
offered it up. I'd rather keep it than sell it
not knowing if all the parts are from the same
vintage.

: Odd 16k card though, has a toggle switch on it that's
accessible from
: outside the computer. Write protect? Guess I'll have to do some
: testing or circuit tracing to find out.

My Saturn card has a switch like that. I have
been searching for info on it so I can use it
properly.

: Floppy drive didn't work. On opening it I checked the cable
first
: and sure enough it was plugged in upside down. I figure someone
took
: it apart to clean the head then plugged the cable in upside
down on
: reassembly which also fried a chip when they plugged it in.

I had pulled a cable off once, but I opened
another drive to investigate how it went back
on to be sure I didn't do that.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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