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Hi ClassicCmp, Issue 4.2 of the CHAC?s journal, the ANALYTICAL ENGINE, will commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Apple ][ and its descendants. As it happens, I?m in the middle :-) of writing the lead article :-) and I?m wondering if you could help me with a few data points. In spite of the laudable work done by Liethen, Mates and Weyhrich -- all of which I've gone through with some care -- the rest of this stuff is still remarkably hard to find. What I?m looking for is: ? Date, or at least month and year, of introduction, and location if pertinent ? "Secret" (internal development) name ? I realize there may have been several ? Price of typical config at introduction ? Total number produced, even if approximate (tough) ? Date, or at least month and year, of discontinuance (sometimes tough) and for these models: Original ][ ][plus ][ europlus Original //e //e Enhanced "Expanded" //e (1987, the one with 64Kx4 RAM) //c //c+ //e Emulation Card for Mac LC IIGS ROM 00, 01, 03, and the prototype-only 04 IIGS Upgrade Kit for //e, especially what it cost I'm also in need of everything about the Black Apple II marketed by Bell & Howell, including not only the above, but its technical specifications. And, if anybody ever actually SAW a IIx and remembers what it looked like, please let me know. If there?s a model I?m missing, and I don?t think there is, please clue me; but I hope that what I?m asking for, and the way I?m asking for it, will reassure you that I?ve done some homework already. I have at least ONE of these data items for every model listed, except the ][ europlus, but I don?t have ALL of them for ANY model listed. If I could complete this table with solid information, IMHO, it would be a significant contribution to the literature. Thanks in advance for your time and attention, and I hope you can and will contribute. You?ll understand that I want the CHAC?s commemoration of this quasi-eternal computer to be as good as we can make it. cheers, __________________________________________ Kip Crosby engine(a)chac.org http://www.chac.org/index.html Computer History Association of California