Apple ][+ find and info/sw request...

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Mon Nov 22 02:19:35 1999

ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> Incidentally, back when Apple ][s were current it was generally claimed
> in the UK that if you plugged anything but a colourcard into slot 7 you
> would do serious damage to the machine. Looking at the schematics I can't
> see a reason why this will do any damage, but I've never had the courage
> to try it. Anyone know anything about this?

Probably just an urban legend, like the ones about how all your memory
chips need to be from the same vendor, and how they must all be the
same speed, and how you shouldn't use 120 ns DRAMs in a computer designed
for 150 ns DRAMs, and similar BS.
Received on Mon Nov 22 1999 - 02:19:35 GMT