From: theguitarmanSPAM@charter.net   
      
   I picked up a second model 4 on eBay thinking it was at least a 64k model.   
   But to my surprise (and lack of asking a question) it was a 16k model.   
   A 16k model????? Why the heck would they make a 16k version of a model 4?   
   Were they supposed to be remote terminals on a network? Even so, at 16k it   
   still couldn't run too much right?   
      
   I bought the machine as a little experiment really. I thought it was a 64k   
   version so I was going to use it to upgrade the memory in my main 64k   
   machine. But since that fell through, I popped the top and saw it really WAS   
   a bare bones machine! No floppy disk controller or power for them (or even   
   the internal rack to mount floppy drives for that matter.)   
   So I took apart my model 3 and started comparing the parts and they looked   
   interchangeable. I started stripping the model 3 and now the model 4 has   
   floppies & external floppy connector plus an RS232 card etc.. Everything   
   looked good and went in very easily the machine even looks very clean. I   
   fired it up and although everything works, this thing has a B&W screen.   
   Man, a B&W screen??? They sure didn't go to far from the model 3 to make   
   this model 4 did they? It's serial number is 000105 so it's one of the first   
   built I'm assuming.   
      
   So just for conversations sake,  :-) could anyone tell me why they made   
   model 4's with B&W screens, 16k of memory and stripped down like this one?   
   I did notice a row of empty chip sockets while it was apart. Could the 16k   
   memory chips be removed and the machine be upgraded to a 128k machine?   
   Are there any sources for the memory chips anymore?   
      
   As a side note...   
   I'm still having a difficult time trying to upgrade to 3.5 floppies. All 4   
   of the old 3.5 fujitsu floppies I bought (dated august 1990) turned out to   
   still be 1.44 drives although they do have the changeable jumpers. Oh well,   
   this has alls been a learning experience to say the least!   
   -)   
      
   Thanks in advance,   
   -Chris   
      
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