Re: //e

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

Dave Althoff Jr wrote:

>David Empson (dempson@actrix.gen.nz) wrote:
>: Dave Althoff Jr <dalloff@gcfn.org> wrote:
>
>: > There are three different versions of the Apple 80-column card, which
>fits
>: > into the expansion slot at the keyboard end of the logic board, right
>next
>: > to the power supply.
>
>: Note that international versions of the IIe logic board have a different
>: layout - the auxiliary slot is in the middle of the logic board,
>: directly in front of slot 3.
>
>Really?!  I had no idea...But you know, in a very logical way, that makes
>a whole lot more sense than what they did with the US motherboard where
>the aux slot is almost over in Slot Zero territory.  Since there are
>relatively few cards you can use in Slot 3 when you're using the Aux slot
>anyway...

Actually, having slot 3 unencumbered is a "good thing", since there
are quite a few cards that will work there quite nicely--a ZipGS comes
to mind.  ;-)

>On an incompletely unrelated note, I'd like to give a shout here to David
>Empson.  Not to exclude anybody else, certainly, but I think David
>deserves a little recognition here...
>
>I've been using Apple ]['s since ca. 1981, and I've been an
>irregular reader of this newsgroup since ca. 1994.  Irregularly mostly
>because I just don't have time for all the traffic here as well as over on
>rec.roller-coaster where I normally hang out.  Anyway, for all of that
>time, David Empson has been patiently sharing his *encyclopaedic*
>knowledge of all things Apple ][, in spite of the recurring fits of
>nastiness that keep chasing people away from comp.sys.apple2.  Through all
>the arguments, noise, and flameage, David continues to share with us, and
>I swear, while I know a whole lot about Apples, every time he posts a
>message it seems he manages to teach me something new.  David, I'm very
>happy to see you're still here...and if ever anyone seemed to embody the
>spirit of USENET, you may well be the one.

Amen to that--and thank you, David, from me, too.

-michael

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