| APPLE IIe Platinum |
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APPLE IIe Platinum |
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| MANUFACTURER |
Apple |
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Professional Computer |
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| ORIGIN |
U.S.A. |
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| YEAR |
January 1987 |
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| END OF PRODUCTION |
1993 |
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| BUILT IN LANGUAGE |
Integer BASIC |
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| KEYBOARD |
81 keys with numeric keypad and arrow keys |
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| CO-PROCESSOR |
MMU and IOU custom chips |
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| TEXT MODES |
40 or 80 columns x 24 lines |
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| GRAPHIC MODES |
40 x 40-48 (16 col), 280 x 160-192 (6 col), 560 x 160-192 (2 col) |
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| COLORS |
16 maximum |
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| SOUND |
Built-in speaker - 1 channel |
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| SIZE / WEIGHT |
39.4 (W) x 45.7 (D) x 11.4 (H) cm. |
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| I/O PORTS |
Composite video, Tape in/out, Joystick, 6 expansion slots |
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| BUILT IN MEDIA |
None |
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| OS |
DOS 3.3, ProDOS or CP/M with the optional Z80 card |
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| POWER SUPPLY |
Built-in switching power supply unit |
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| PERIPHERALS |
All Apple and compatible expansion cards |
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| LARGE VIEW |
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| PLATINUM FD UNITS |
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| KEYBOARD CLOSE-UP |
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The keyboard was identical to the Apple IIgs. |
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| REAR SIDE |
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No changes to the rear panel between the Apple IIe and Platinum versions.\
**(1)** Floppy disc drive controller\
**(2)** Composite video RCA jack, Tape recorder In/Out jacks and dual joystick DB9 plug.\
**(3)** Serial port connector |
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| INSIDE |
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**(1)** The Platinum version shipped standard with this small 64 KB / 80-column card which also allowed double hi-res graphics. It was mounted in a special auxiliary slot.\
**(2)** Apple Super serial card II\
**(3)** Floppy disk drive controller card. |
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| MAINBOARD |
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The main board had the same features as the 'enhanced' IIe board: a slightly updated 6502 processor with some additional instructions and graphics characters.
**(1)** 65C02 processor\
**(2)** MMU (Memory Management Unit)custom chip\
**(3)** Auxiliary slot dedicated to the new 64K / 80-column card\
**(4)** Only two 4464 chips hold the basic 64 KB RAM, instead of 8 in the Apple IIe board\
**(5)** Video ROM chip\
**(6)** Keyboard and unused numeric keypad connectors\
**(7)** IOU (I/O unit) custom chip\
**(8)** Only one ROM chip holds the Basic interpreter and the system routines\
**(9)** Keyboard ROM and I/O chip. |
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| WORKSTATION CARD |
Appletalk card |
This card is used to connect an Apple IIe to a localtalk network. |
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| Z80 SOFTCARD ADVERT |
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The Z80 Softcard made the Apple II fully compatible with the CP/M operating system and allowed it to run the largest library of professional software of the time, including the Microsoft programming languages, among them the BASIC 5.0 interpreter. |
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| Z80 SOFTCARD |
Full package |
The card was designed by Burtronix of Orange, California.
Thanks to **Steve Perry** |
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| MICROSOFT RAMCARD ADVERT (1982) |
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Together with the Softcard, the Ramcard turned the Apple II into a 56 KB CP/M system. |
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| JOYSTICKS |
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Two Apple joysticks for IIe and IIc versions, and a clone version with a fire button made by CH Products, San Marco, California. |
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| ANALOG HANDCONTROLLERS |
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| HAND CONTROLLERS |
Box |
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| JOY STICK |
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| GRAPHIC TABLET |
& its card |
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| KEYPAD |
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| DYNATYPER |
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Here is the sale brochure of the Dynatyper, a strange and obscure printing device launched in 1980:
Dynatyper is a new typewriter interface system designed to generate hard copy directly from computer output through any electric typewriter. It exploits the high quality and use of full upper and lower case characters of your electric typewriter. Users of small computer systems can now expand those systems into applications demanding high quality text, such as word processing.
Consisting of an array of coils positioned in the same pattern as the typewriter's keyboard. These coils are wired into an electrical decoding matrix. Designed to operate on voltage available from standard computers, the Dynatyper is easily installed without modification to your typewriter. Adjustments for different key heights are easy.
Rochester Data provides interfaces and software for the **TRS-80 Level 1 & 2**, the **Apple II** and also a 6 bit **parallel interface** for general operation with other computers. The same interface board can be modified by jumper selection to eperate in any of the above modes...
Thanks to **Bob Leedom** for information and pictures |
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| ECHO SPEECH PROCESSOR II |
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| ROLAND CMU-500 INTERFACE |
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This item, a Roland Compumusic CMU-500 Apple II Interface, was used to connect musical instruments to the Apple II series of computers ! |
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| ECHO II |
speech/music/sound synthesizer |
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| ACOUSTIC COUPLER |
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| EARLY APPLE PRINTER |
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| APPLE PANIC |
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| AZTEC |
Title screen |
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| DRAGON FIRE |
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| DRAGON FIRE |
2nd screen |
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| DROL |
Excellent game ! |
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| KARATEKA |
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| LODE RUNNER |
A great classic |
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| MARBLE MADNESS |
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| MINER 2049ER |
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| MONTEZUMA REVENGE |
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| STAR LEAGUE BASEBALL |
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| APPLESOFT COMPILER |
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Also called TASC or AppleSoft Version 3, the AppleSoft Basic Compiler could make use of extended memory on 128K versions |
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| Virtual Apple |
http://www.virtualapple.com/ |
Other platform |
This web site uses an ActiveX application and Apple IIgs emulator to automatically download and play most Apple 2 disk images online! |
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| Apple II History |
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A detailed history of the Apple II computer, from start to finish, interspersed with history of Apple Computer, Inc., from the point of view of the Apple II user. Includes pictures. |
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| Apple2.org |
http://www.apple2.org/ |
Over 1000 pictures of Apple II and other related hardware, articles, the Apple ][ FAQ, Transwarp and Zip GS accelerator upgrade mods, 3.5" drive rebuilding, and lots more. |
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| APPLE II REFERENCE MANUAL (JANUARY 1978) |
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**APPLE II REFERENCE MANUAL (JANUARY 1978)**\
written by Apple
type of document : PDF\
size : 6 MB\
source : [www.apple-iigs.info](http://www.apple-iigs.info/doc/docii.htm)
**... READ THE ONLINE VERSION BY CLICKING BELOW :** |
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| Henry (usA) |
Saturday 13rd January 2007 |
Check out my Page |
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| Henry (USA) |
Wednesday 18th October 2006 |
How to remove Cards
Remember the Slot!!\
Grasp the sides of the card with your hand and pull, be careful! NEVER WIGGLE THE CARD FROM SIDE TO SIDE!!! Rock it BACK AND FORTH. Carfully. Do NOT FORCE IT! You should never tocu the golden 'teeth' on the bottom of the card; this can distort data that is transferd through them or ruin the card forever. When you put the card back in, do the same manuver as befor, but push (not too hard). The components (all that stuff) face away from the power supply. Sometimes there is a label that show you where it should face. |
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| Henry (USA) |
Wednesday 18th October 2006 |
Want to see if you Apple IIe Platinum is in tip top shape? Simply press Control-Option- Reset\
Patterns will appear on the screen and will stay for a few moments as the machine searches for any problems it has. If you hear a sound and see the messege
System OK
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If not, the problem may be one of the cards inside. Open the Apple IIE and CAREFULLY remove ONE card at a time and run the test. Repet the process with each card, one at a time. This is a great way to look for problems with your Apple IIe Platinum. Good Luck! |
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| Henry (USA) |
Friday 14th October 2005 |
If you need a monitor for your Apple IIe Platinum you can use a television. Yes that's right! All YOU need is a TV or a VCR with the yellow, red, and white cords. These can be found in any electromic store where a TV can be purcahased. What you need is the YELLOW cable. It hooks right in to the IIe platinum and connects with the\
TV/ VCR.\
What you need\
-A Yellow Video cable\
- A TV/ VCR with the RED, White and Yellow jacks.\
Look at the "rear side" of the Apple IIe platinum and in the lower left hand corner farthest left is where the jack pluggs in.
Good Luck! |
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| Henry (US of A) |
Tuesday 24th May 2005 |
When you want to add a device like a floppy drive and the 12 slots in the back are empty, you'll need a controller card. Other devices like- Printers, a mouse, RGB moniter, etc, must have this too.\
A printer or modem you need a Super Serial card made by Apple. These ar't made any more but can be found on EBAY.COM |
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| Link (Hyrule) |
Friday 8th April 2005 |
I have about 12 Apple IIs, II+s, IIc's and IIes and this is the one I use. It's the newest machine, I have it on ethernet, and it has the numeric keypad. Best IIe ever! |
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