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apple ii europlus - worth getting a language card? and will a iie enhanced board fit?

Iainjh

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hi

i have a europlus with the standard 48k. monochrome pal output unfortunately.

I've also got a iie enhanced, so the europlus is more of a curiosity at the moment... and wondering if worth expanding in any way. is it worth getting a 16k language card for it, any useful benefit beyond being able to run pascal etc, more games that will run on it etc? ive booted bruce lee and a couple games that worked ok.. will a language card make much of a difference? any recommendation welcome.

also- will a iie enhanced motherboard work in a ii europlus case and keyboard? as it seems cheaper to find a iie board than expand this one..

thx for thoughts and options!
 
The language card just ups the RAM. Beyond that it's still an Apple II+.

I would suggest against board swapping with a IIe as any of the pre-IIe machines are not as common as IIe's which are extremely cheap and plentiful. Just find another IIe and call it good.
 
Because of the Age and Quantities of the Apple ][s and ][+s, I would keep the EuroPlus AS IS.. Except Add the Language Card, because you can Run PASCAL, or even ProDOS, or Load Integer BASIC. Many of the ][s and ][+s had Language Cards, so it would still be considered, "authentic".

Buy another ][e for you Mods and Hacks..

I have one Apple ][, one ][+ ( that came to me with a Rev-01 Mother Board ), and 9 Apple ][es.... And a couple ][gs...

MarkO
 
yes you are right, no point butchering it. good info re the keyboard.. I do wish it had color though!

But worth getting a language card. but, so prodos wont work on 48k? what dos will it run? I need to get a super serial card also really for atdpro... anyone has spare lang card and super serial, please do msg me ;)

thank you all
 
yes you are right, no point butchering it. good info re the keyboard.. I do wish it had color though!

But worth getting a language card. but, so prodos wont work on 48k? what dos will it run? I need to get a super serial card also really for atdpro... anyone has spare lang card and super serial, please do msg me ;)

thank you all


DOS 3.3 ( or 3.2 ) will run fine on 48K.. ProDOS needs 64K, so you will need that to run ADTPro, and the Super Serial Card or the new Uthernet II card..

MarkO
 
Hi, as a tag to this subject is the best way to increase the ram of the sock 48kB Apple II plus to add a Language card? And by best I mean cheapest?

Peter
 
Hi, as a tag to this subject is the best way to increase the ram of the sock 48kB Apple II plus to add a Language card? And by best I mean cheapest?

Peter

I'm not much of a hardware guy, but I believe that a language card is the most viable way to bump your ][ or ][+ to 64K. In fact, it's the ONLY way I can imagine at the moment, unless you are willing to perform motherboard surgery.

Mike B.
 
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