On Mon, 28 Sep 1998, Jeffrey l Kaneko wrote:
  Oooooh, you lucky, lucky dog!  I had an EL-8, which
was destroyed in the
 earthquake in L.A. a few years ago.  Is the bottom case half black or
 grey-blue color?  Mine was black. 
Same here, off-white (stone?) on top, black on bottom.  The seller forgot
to bring the AC adapter with him, so I have to go pick it up before I can
see that weird display light up.
-- Doug