Re: Happy but disappointed

[dalloff@gcfn.org (Dave Althoff Jr)]

Wayne Stewart (waynes@telus.dotnet) wrote:
: 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.

: 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.

If that's an Apple ][ (not a ][+), that is probably an Applesoft ROM card.

I think the switch is to toggle between 'wake up' states...whether the
system should come up with the motherboard ROM (Integer BASIC) or the card
ROM (Applesoft).

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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