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Article #38499Re: Mac 512 KE questions
From: James C O'Connor III, 2846
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1989 15:45
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 1989 15:45
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From article <46700105@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu>, by thompson@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu:
> 1. How can I tell if it's truly a 512 KE? I checked its memory under
"About the Finder", and it showed 512K, but how do I know it's not a
"Fat Mac"?
If it can read a disk which has more than 400K (779K actually) it is a 512Ke.
> 2. How can I tell if its drive is double-sided? I put in a double-sided
disk, and ran a program from it, but is this guarantee that the disk
See answer 1.
> 3. After some consideration, I told my sister a Mac 512 KE seemed to me
to be basically a Mac Plus with only half the memory. Was I right,
or are there other differences?
512Ke doesn't have a SCSI port (you can add one for under 150$), and you may
have old MacPlus ROMS. (there seem to be two versions)
> 5. Will programs in general work? Say, Word 3.x? Or will it require
*really* old programs? Does it have the new ROMS? (will programs
which require those traps, but don't assume a System number, work?)
My sister has a 512Ke (originally a 128), and except for the obvious memory
limitations it runs stuff fine.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!gatech!hubcap!jcocon From: jcocon@hubcap.clemson.edu (James C O'Connor III, 2846) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac 512 KE questions Message-ID: <4594@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 28 Feb 89 15:45:09 GMT References: <46700105@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@hubcap.UUCP Reply-To: jcocon@hubcap.clemson.edu Lines: 19