Subj : Re: Apple IIs
To   : paulie420
From : Spectre
Date : Wed Jul 19 2023 11:51:00

 pa> I have a IIe - they are very basic, and the hardware wasn't fully baked at
 pa> this point... like I dislike how the Disk ][ drives' wires just kinda pop
 pa> out of the back of the computer... and they are 'hard' connected - meaning
 pa> they don't unplug w/o removing the top cover. There are solutions you can
 pa> add that remedy this, but its something to be aware of.

That'd depend largely on the age of the IIe.  If you want to avoid the DiskII
interface with the hard wired connections hanging out the back, you'd want to
find a more recent IIe.. relatively speaking at this point.

Late beige IIes or Platinum versions with the build in keypad, will have
5.25" unidisk cards.  They have the DB25 maybe its 15.. been a while since I
thought about it, which have an external port and the drive plugs into that.
Or any IIe with a DuoDisk  would also be in that category.

Personally I prefer the beige IIe to the Platinum version.  The Platinum save
having the keypad and colour doesn't have any other distinct advantages and
for my money the same realestate with the keypad jammed in was always kind of
cramped.  Oh and a few cards don't like the modified space available in the
case.  RamWorksIII is an instance, although modern alternatives would've have
this problem.

Spec


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