Do a self test and an enhanced 2e will show a multi colored screen. A unenhanced 2e will just flash black and white..... no reason to reinvent the wheel again
> ---------- > From: Apple2list[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of > James Rohde[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Apple2list > Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:51 AM > To: Apple2list > Subject: Re: Fwd: Is it a //e Enhanced? > > On 4/8/04, Mark Benson wrote: > > >Anyone know how to positively identify if a //e has been upgraded to > >'Enhanced' spec? I have just been given a //e and it has a 65C02 in but > >has no 'enhanced' tag under the Power LED. It may have fallen off in > >all the time it's been around on god's earth however... I really just > >need the IDs of the other upgrade parts (ROM IDs etc...) so I can tell > >for sure. > > One way to tell is that on the enhanced //e's you have the "MouseText" > characters (I'll have to find my manual from when my //e was enhanced). > There was a program (in BASIC, I think) which printed a certain range of > characters (upper ASCII I believe), and would allow you to check. Also, > if you have AppleWorks 3.0+ (the original Apple II version, not the > renamed ClarisWorks that they sell nwo), it makes use of the MouseText > characters for displaying the nested folders the menus use. > > I'll see about getting my //e out of temp storage this weekend and see if > there's a ROM chip which appears to have been switched out - that may > tell us where you can look. > > >Oh and I'm totally clueless what the hell one does with one - I'm a Mac > >guy, give me my mouse back!! ;o) I guess I might be saved by the fact i > >started out my computer life on Acorn BBC Microcomputers, which are > >almost the same machine but from a different point of view. > > Actually, if your //e is enhanced, you can get a card and use a mouse. Of > course, once you learn keyboard shortcuts, you can do a lot of things > (non-graphic) on //e's quicker than with a mouse. I used to love to rile > one of my co-workers in an Apple dealership I worked in 20 years ago by > claiming that text-based AppleWorks was faster for word processing and > related tasks than Macs were! (I now have both Macs and Apple //'s (//e, > IIgs,...)) > > Hope that muddies the water sufficiently, > > Jim > > > -- > Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ > / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
