The connector on the monitor is called PL-259 or UHF, and was commonly used on security monitors and closed-circuit TV systems. The transformer in the back of the case is an isolation transformer, because cheap TVs were normally hot-chassis, but in order to add the direct video input it needed to be grounded and isolated from the AC line.
I found something interesting in my aera too I might buy it. Found a still sealed in the box Maxtor 250gb IDE hard drive. Would love it for a cold spare for a old usb hard drive I have.
The usb drive works with everything from 98se to at least 7 (never tried 10) so it would be nice to keep it running
As I recall, the Apple II Plus upgrades the base Apple II from 16K to 48K of RAM, and also adds an auto-boot ROM by default (the original Apple II you'd have to manually tell it which device to boot from). Beyond that, I too am not all that familiar with any other differences.
The only real difference between the II Plus and the original II is that it came with Microsoft-based Applesoft BASIC instead of Woz's own Integer BASIC in ROM. The very early II's also had some quirks like a lack of cooling vents in the case (so needless to say, they badly overheated), no autoboot (when you turned it on, you got a screenful of garbage and needed to press Reset to get it to boot), and no color killer (causing rainbow fringing in text mode on a color monitor). The vast majority of original II's were upgraded to II Pluses, but now people are reverting them back to original form because they're worth so much more to collectors (into the thousands).
Wow! I picked up a similar bundle (although it was functioning) a few weeks ago and I definitely did not get it for free haha. I’m excited to see you get it working!
my apple ii the rifa cap in that powersupply let the magic smoke out
they do make modern replacements if yours go boom.
The connector on the monitor is called PL-259 or UHF, and was commonly used on security monitors and closed-circuit TV systems. The transformer in the back of the case is an isolation transformer, because cheap TVs were normally hot-chassis, but in order to add the direct video input it needed to be grounded and isolated from the AC line.
I found something interesting in my aera too I might buy it. Found a still sealed in the box Maxtor 250gb IDE hard drive. Would love it for a cold spare for a old usb hard drive I have.
The usb drive works with everything from 98se to at least 7 (never tried 10) so it would be nice to keep it running
As I recall, the Apple II Plus upgrades the base Apple II from 16K to 48K of RAM, and also adds an auto-boot ROM by default (the original Apple II you'd have to manually tell it which device to boot from). Beyond that, I too am not all that familiar with any other differences.
The only real difference between the II Plus and the original II is that it came with Microsoft-based Applesoft BASIC instead of Woz's own Integer BASIC in ROM. The very early II's also had some quirks like a lack of cooling vents in the case (so needless to say, they badly overheated), no autoboot (when you turned it on, you got a screenful of garbage and needed to press Reset to get it to boot), and no color killer (causing rainbow fringing in text mode on a color monitor). The vast majority of original II's were upgraded to II Pluses, but now people are reverting them back to original form because they're worth so much more to collectors (into the thousands).
Happy Birthday (In two days) BBISHOPPCM! 🎂
I have a IIgs in the box with all the manuals and a few things signed by waz to
Wow! I picked up a similar bundle (although it was functioning) a few weeks ago and I definitely did not get it for free haha. I’m excited to see you get it working!
Sadly , I had an Apple II c with the 5 inch green monochrome monitor ! I lost it after my ex and I split permanently!
Noice! 😊
Amazing Brandon! Congrats