Re: Apple //c+ questions...

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Jeff Thomas" <a2forever@usa.net> wrote in message
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> I own an Apple //c personal computer, and I am wondering if //c+ would
> be worthwhile getting, considering the lack of software on 3.5" disk?
> Living downunder, I never seen one here, was it ever released outside
> the United States? Can somebody provide some technical information? Does
> it support the older 5.25" disk drives or only 3.5" disk drives?
>

Yes, it's worth getting.   In addition to the internal 3.5" 800K drive it
can support two external 5.25" drives and a second 3.5" drive.   It has a
built-in accellerator, so it's faster than the other stock 8 bit Apple II's.
The 800K  of space on a 3.5" drive feels like a  hard disk compared with the
space on a 5.25" drive! I believe it can access it faster than the IIc too,
because it doesn't need the slower 3.5" Unidrive which the IIc requires.

I also like the compactness of it, which makes it easy to pull out, set up,
and use.
Another good choice would be a Mac Color Classic, or Color Classic II, which
I understand is available downunder.  Those can take a IIe card, which gives
you  an accellerated 8 bit Apple II, which can use the internal 3.5" drive
and a couple of 32 meg partitions on the hard disk.  The Mac gets thrown in
for free. ;-)
-Paul