Question for NW Apple II users.

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Fri Jul 7 14:33:56 2000

In a message dated Fri, 7 Jul 2000 1:51:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com> writes:

<< On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Mike Ford wrote:

>> Perhaps the unfortunate thing is that I can think of >>nothing to do with a
>> 100 old Apple II computers other than pull >>interesting cards and look for
>> hard drives (the Vulcan is inside the powersupply). >>There are a couple
>> models I would like to have in my personal >>collection, a plain II and a
>> platinum II whatever it is, but thats about it. Otherwise they are just too

>>A Platinum //e is an enhanced Apple //e with a >>built-in numeric keypad on
>>the right hand side. It's also got the "platinum" >>covering. Nothing
>>special.

>There was also a Platinum //c. It had an extremely >nice keyboard (a major
>improvement over the //c's crap keyboard).

>> common and too indestructible (what else could you >>call machines that
>> routinely still work just fine after 20 years of >>elementary school use?)

>They are definitely work horses. I've never met an >Apple //e that was so
>fargone it wouldn't work anymore. I even have Apple >][+'s that have sat
>in horrible conditions still work 20 years later, with >just a few faulty
>keys on the keyboard.

>Sellam

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 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.
Received on Fri Jul 07 2000 - 14:33:56 BST