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From: seals@uncecs.edu (Larry W. Seals)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2,micro.apple
Subject: New Apple ][e Owner
Keywords: Apple ][e, comp.sys.apple, newbie
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.164246.12745@uncecs.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 16:42:46 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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Well, I finally made it here to comp.sys.apple2. Mucho thanks to those
of you who emailed me to inform me of the demise of comp.sys.apple and
directed me here.

I'm the new owner of an Apple ][e which I inherited from my in-laws 
when they moved to Mac-land. It's a low mileage model that looks 
like it just popped out of the box.  I haven't had the chance as yet
to pop the top and investigate the internals, but I do have some
questions (most of my experience with micros is in the realm of MS-DOS
based machines).  The only hardware documentation (other than owner's
manual) is on the 80 column card (one on basic 80 column and one on
80 column with 64K).  The disk unit looks like nothing in the owner's
manual.

 1. The unit has an 80 column card with an additional 64K. Does this 
    qualify it as a true 128K machine (most of the software I've 
    looked at requires at least 128K)?

 2. It has two disk drives side by side in one housing.  I haven't
    discovered a model # on the housing, but it appears to be a true
    Apple unit. Can anyone give me some insight what I might have?

 3. Is adding memory strictly an expansion card process or is there
    a place (sockets) for more memory up to a point?  What chips and
    ballpark pricing? Recommendation for memory expansion cards?

 4. I also received some software with the unit. Can anyone enlighten
    me about:
    MicroSoft Multiplan
    Hacker from Activision
    Music Construction Set from Electronic Arts
    pfs:Write
    pfs:File
    pfs:Plan

Thanks for any info!
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Larry Seals @ Trailing Edge Software - "When it doesn't have to be the
                                        very best!"
"I didn't sell my soul, I just took out a loan..." - Bruce Hornsby
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