Huxley
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I've been hard at work restoring a nice early "Revision A" Apple IIe - it's been a fantastic learning experience! I've been into the RetroComputing hobby since the early 1990's, but until now I'd never really dabbled in soldering, capacitor replacement, etc., so it's been a blast.
With the above in mind: this is an "un-Enhanced" Apple IIe. I also have a nice Platinum IIe in my collection, so having such an early example alongside a last-gen IIe will be a fun exhibit at our future Retro Roadshow events. However, this machine I'm working on is still in the non-Enhanced config, and I'm wondering: other than just the historical curiosity of such an early IIe being left 'stock,' is there any upside or advantage to leaving it non-Enhanced?
I'm aware that Enhancement kits are relatively inexpensive, and it's certainly easy enough to swap the original CPU and ROM chips back into the machine if there's a good reason to... so I'm wondering if there's a good reason to
Thanks for any thoughts on this!
Huxley
With the above in mind: this is an "un-Enhanced" Apple IIe. I also have a nice Platinum IIe in my collection, so having such an early example alongside a last-gen IIe will be a fun exhibit at our future Retro Roadshow events. However, this machine I'm working on is still in the non-Enhanced config, and I'm wondering: other than just the historical curiosity of such an early IIe being left 'stock,' is there any upside or advantage to leaving it non-Enhanced?
I'm aware that Enhancement kits are relatively inexpensive, and it's certainly easy enough to swap the original CPU and ROM chips back into the machine if there's a good reason to... so I'm wondering if there's a good reason to
Thanks for any thoughts on this!
Huxley