We had an Apple II+ with the limitations you describe. However, we purchased and installed the 80-column card that provided both 80-columns and lowercase characters, which is what I think the parent comment is suggesting.
I remember adding 16KB or 32KB to get to a total of 48KB of RAM with a card that piggybacked onto the existing chips. Was that the same upgrade that enabled lowercase letters?
I mostly remember that the RAM upgrade changed the gauges in MS Flight Simulator from octagons into rounder circles.
I mostly remember that the RAM upgrade changed the gauges in MS Flight Simulator from octagons into rounder circles.