Re: Seeking information on the Apple II "j-plus" model

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

Correction on the Apple IIe auction... It's actually selling for 40,000 yen.
Yeah, I know what you mean...

--- Bryan

"Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org> wrote in message
news:OMfP9.39119$B31.7701845@twister.socal.rr.com...
> Hey, everyone!
>
> I'm currently in the early stages of writing an article on Apple
collecting
> and the Japanese. One of the areas I'm lacking information big-time is the
> Apple II j-plus model. From reading postings on groups.google.com, the
only
> thing I can find out is that the j-plus had a different ROM. I can't find
> any information on whether it supported NTSC or PAL, like the euro-plus.
Did
> the keyboard support Kanji/Katakana? Did the built-in text support these
> character systems? Was there software written specifically for the
Japanese
> to read/write in Kanji? And, was the power supply able to handle both 50
and
> 60 cycles?
>
> One of the areas I'm trying to investigate is why there seems to be very
few
> of the j-plus model in Japan today, even though that model was sold
> exclusively in Japan? I'm trying to somehow link this information to the
> reality of the Japanese collectors paying huge amounts of money on 8-bit
and
> 16-bit Apple systems, if there are any links. Searching on Yahoo Japan, a
> decent Apple IIe set-up is being auctioned for a starting price of 20,000
> yen, which is approx. $170.00 USD. I'm suprised there aren't any bids on
> that item right now.
>
> Thanks for any info!
>
> --- Bryan
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