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#### Apple IIe series

Known Issues:
Requires full keyboard emulation. At startup, full keyboard emulation mode is enabled by
default. Whilst in full keyboard emulation mode, some key associated functionality may be
disabled (like the ESC key for EXIT). The keyboard emulation mode is toggled using the
scroll_lock key.

History and Trivia:
Apple "][", Apple "II", Apple "//" - Which is correct?
"][", "II", and "//" tend to be used pretty much interchangably for any model of Apple II
computer, although, practically speaking, there are a few usages which may provoke a
correction.
"][" is the original Apple II symbol. It appears on all early II's and II+'s as well as on the
Disk ][ drive. It is, easily, the most attractive and distinctive II symbol; but, it is also
associated with old Apple II's. The "//" usage is generally associated with the "c" and
newer "e" models.

The generally preferred machine designations are:
Apple ][ or Apple II for pre-][+ models
Apple ][+ or Apple II+
Apple IIe for non-enhanced IIe computers
Apple //e for 128k-enhanced IIe computers
Apple //c
Apple IIc+
Apple IIgs or GS or best (if you have the fonts) ||GS
The Apple IIe (the "e" means enhanced) is the successor of the Apple ][+. It was a very
great success and was widely used in schools (and it's still used today in some places!)
It works under DOS 3.3 (the Apple II operating system) and uses 143 KB floppy disks.
The Apple IIe was replaced with the Apple //e, which had an enhanced keyboard, a 4 MHz
65C02 CPU and a 3.5" floppy disk unit.

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