Re: Apple II Plus EOL

[Exegete <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com>]

Iosaef the Irascable! wrote:
> Hey all!
>
> I finally got my grubby paws on an Apple II Plus.  Nice unit, 48k +
> 16k language card, Epson APL board, Disk II controller, etc.  Well,
> the string of problems with this unit (PSU lost its magic smoke,
> apparently bad RAM chip somewhere, dead Reset and Shift keys) has led
> me to post a question:
>
> On Apple IIs as old as the Plus and original IIs are, what have people
> here found to be going out most often?  I've read around about the PSU
> failures, and 25+ year-old capacitors blowing out isn't all that
> surprising.  But what about other failures or wear points in their
> machines?
>
> Just on an up note, I've got the Plus on a IIe's power supply for life
> support, 

You do realize, of course, that there isn't any real difference between 
a II+ and IIe power supply?

Now, a IIgs is a whole other story.

Roy

and the RAM failure seems to manifest itself in the HGR2
> screen, in a cheesy BASIC screensaverish thing I wrote for my IIe. 
> Vertical lines through the screen, but no other artifacts in other
> video modes.
>
> Take Care!
> Josef



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