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From: twakeman@hpcea.CE.HP.COM (Teriann Wakeman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac 512 KE questions
Message-ID: <430088@hpcea.CE.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Mar 89 19:45:52 GMT
References: <46700105@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: HP Corporate Engineering - Palo Alto, CA
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The windows in a 512KE have a box on the right side of the top bar. Press it,
& the window grows to fill the screen. Press it again & it goes back to its
previous size. The 64K ROM "fat Mac" does not have this grow box. Also, a
64K ROM machine canot read nor format a 800K disc {the only exception
being old external 800K disc drives designed to work with 64K ROM machines,
this does not change internal drive's capabilities though}

The 512KE does not have a SCSI port, no big deal if you don't use an external
disc drive {except I highly recomend one, makes it a completely different
machine feel wise}. Add on SCSI drives can be had, and come cheaper when 
included with a 512K too 1 meg RAM upgrade {Dove is a good brand for an    
upgrade}.

A 512K will run anything that a Mac+ or SE will that will run on 512K of RAM.
This includes most paint, draw, wordprocessor {esp MacWrite 4.? & WriteNow}
most page processing applications, many spread sheet & database applications
& most games. The box will tell you how much RAM it needs. Many newer       
applications &upgrades of several oldies require 1 mag or more but there is
a lot out there that a 512K can handle, & they just aren't oldie mouldies.

$800 seems high for a 512KE. That is pushing used Mac+ prices.

I figure a ligit price for a 512E would be slightly less then the price of
a used Mac+ minus the price of a Dove 1Meg & SCSI upgrade.

Good Luck,

TeriAnn