Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!ucdavis!egg-id!ui3!dickow From: dickow@ui3.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Enhancing a //e Message-ID: <630008@ui3.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 17:07:32 EDT Article-I.D.: ui3.630008 Posted: Thu Jul 23 17:07:32 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 14:38:22 EDT References: <870713175446.387036@DOCKMASTER.ARPA> Organization: MRC, University of Idaho Lines: 26 In comp.sys.apple, Rankins@DOCKMASTER.ARPA asks about enhancing a IIe: >1. How can I tell for sure if my //e is enhanced or not? You can tell through software. Location $FBC0 holds $EA if original ROMS, $E0 for enhanced ROMS, and $00 for a IIc. >2. ... Is this something I could do myself or... > ...how much approximately would they cost?... I did it. It helps if you know how to handle chips. Also, I actually found enhancement kits at the Crescent dept. store in Spokane for $5.00 (!). I bought two of them and gave them to friends. I installed one for one friend but the other one did it on his own, bent a bunch of pins and blew a drive chip somehow. He destroyed his enhancement and spent $40 bucks for repairs. Caveat Emptor. If you do it yourself, it actually is very simple. Just be very patient with removing the old chips, slowly prying them up with a small screwdriver, being careful only to pry up the chips and not the sockets, then very carefully inserting the new chips by putting in one side, then applying slight sideways pressure until the next side of pins are lined up enough to apply downward pressure to seat the chip in the socket. Bob Dickow (...egg-id!ui3!dickow)