7 Jul
2000
7 Jul
'00
7:28 a.m.
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000 SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com wrote:
the platinum //e does have some differences from the
regular enhanced
//e besides the keyboard. for one, the extended 80 column card was now
built into the planar so you didnt have to install a card in slot 3
Well, that's true. But the 80-column card always went into the auxiliary
slot on the //e, thus freeing up slot 3 for special cards such as
accelerators. The Platinum //e came with a smaller 64K card that plugged
into the auxiliary slot for a total of 128K RAM standard.
anymore. I believe also the power switch was a little
better than
before. I remember our computer science teacher tell us to use the
apple's power switch as little as possible since it would eventually
quit working.
Never heard of this. I used mine quite a bit and never had a problem.
Maybe there was some technical bulletin about it but I never got it.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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