Re: ARTICLE: Apple II serial #2000 being auctioned on eBay

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Eric Smith replied:

>"Ernest" <ernestls@attbi.NOSPAM.com> writes:
>> What's really important about this computer is that it's basically an
>> unmodified first-run system. The original owner added the Programmer's Aid
>> and Autostart ROM to existing empty sockets, and he also added additional
>> memory chips to bump it up from 32k to 48k but those could be removed to
>take
>> it back to original condition.
>
>Adding an Autostart ROM to an "existing empty socket" wouldn't do anything
>useful.  It must be installed in the F8 socket to be used, and that means
>that you have to pull the original monitor ROM (non-Autostart) out.
>
>So removing RAM chips is not going to be adequate to restore it to
>original condition.

Eric, you may have missed the full description--there is also a Language
Card with Applesoft in ROM.  Dollars to donuts that the Autostart ROM
on the main board was swapped from the Language Card ROM spot, and
that the Language Card now has the original monitor ROM.

-michael

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