<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
80-Column	I-Device
Text	I-Device
Card	I-Device
is	O
an	O
expansion	B-Device
card	I-Device
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
computer	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
displaying	O
80	O
columns	O
of	O
text	O
instead	O
of	O
40	O
columns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
models	O
were	O
available	O
;	O
the	O
cheaper	O
80-column	B-Device
card	I-Device
has	O
just	O
enough	O
extra	O
RAM	B-Architecture
to	O
double	O
the	O
video	O
memory	O
capacity	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Extended	B-Device
80-Column	I-Device
Text	I-Device
Card	I-Device
has	O
an	O
additional	O
64	O
kilobytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
bringing	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
total	O
RAM	B-Architecture
to	O
128	O
KB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisiCalc	B-Application
and	O
Disk	B-Device
II	I-Device
made	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
very	O
popular	O
in	O
small	O
businesses	O
,	O
which	O
asked	O
the	O
company	O
for	O
80-column	O
support	O
,	O
but	O
Apple	O
delayed	O
improving	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
because	O
for	O
three	O
years	O
it	O
expected	O
that	O
the	O
unsuccessful	O
Apple	B-Device
III	I-Device
would	O
be	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
80-column	B-Device
cards	I-Device
were	O
the	O
alternative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cards	O
go	O
in	O
the	O
IIe	B-Device
's	O
Auxiliary	O
Slot	O
,	O
which	O
exists	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
seven	O
standard	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
peripheral	O
slots	O
present	O
on	O
all	O
expandable	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
slot	O
,	O
the	O
card	O
is	O
closely	O
associated	O
with	O
slot	O
#3	O
of	O
the	O
seven	O
standard	O
slots	O
,	O
using	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
and	O
firmware	O
functions	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
otherwise	O
been	O
allocated	O
to	O
slot	O
3	O
,	O
because	O
third-party	O
80-column	B-Device
cards	I-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
Sup'R'Terminal	B-Device
had	O
traditionally	O
been	O
placed	O
in	O
slot	O
3	O
on	O
the	O
earlier	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
Plus	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
extended	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
card	O
features	O
a	O
jumper	B-Device
block	I-Device
(	O
J1	O
)	O
that	O
when	O
installed	O
enables	O
the	O
double	O
high-resolution	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
early	O
"	O
Revision	O
A	O
"	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
motherboards	O
are	O
incapable	O
of	O
supporting	O
the	O
bank	B-General_Concept
switching	I-General_Concept
needed	O
for	O
the	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
mode	O
,	O
the	O
block	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
removed	O
to	O
disable	O
the	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
many	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
products	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
cards	O
were	O
also	O
produced	O
that	O
perform	O
a	O
similar	O
function	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
types	O
of	O
80-column	B-Device
cards	I-Device
were	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
older	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
models	O
,	O
which	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
dedicated	O
slot	O
for	O
this	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
,	O
80-column	O
text	O
support	O
became	O
a	O
basic	O
requirement	O
of	O
many	O
software	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
extremely	O
popular	O
AppleWorks	B-Device
require	O
128	O
KB	O
of	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
later	O
years	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
,	O
the	O
Extended	O
80-column	B-Device
card	I-Device
was	O
standard	O
on	O
all	O
new	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	O
IIc	O
and	O
Apple	O
IIGS	O
,	O
both	O
released	O
after	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
,	O
also	O
came	O
standard	O
with	O
at	O
least	O
128	O
KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
the	O
extra	O
64	O
KB	O
of	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
an	O
Extended	O
80-column	B-Device
card	I-Device
.	O
</s>
