23 Oct
2010
23 Oct
'10
11:27 a.m.
--- On Sat, 10/23/10, leaknoil <leaknoil at gmail.com> wrote:
Actually there is the IIe, Enhanced IIe, and Platinum.
The
Enhanced used a 65C02 with a few more instructions and
became IIc software compatible. The Platinum was really just
an Enhanced IIe with a better case and keypad. If you look
in a IIe and see a 65C02 its "Enhanced" even if it doesn't
have the sticker on the power light.
Yup. And a lot of machines were "Enhanced" without the official upgrade - just
burn new ROMs and replace the processor. Much cheaper than the Apple upgrade kit. And then
there are the other obscure versions of the IIe - the real early ones came in a case with
the "velcro" closure just like the II+. Then the various european versions, etc.
I didn't intend to post a be-all end-all guide to every II version - just an overview.
I also didn't mention the Bell and Howell II+, or the other mainboard revisions of the
II+.
The ROM 03 Versions sell for a bit and there is a
"Woz"
signed case version that people like to think is rare but,
isn't.
And, of course, if you're going for completionist - there is the IIgs upgrade to the
IIe. It was a Rom 1 logic board with a replacement lower housing for a IIe that used the
IIe's keyboard and plastic case. Also had a replacement badge for the cover to make it
say IIgs.
:)
-Ian