22 Apr
1998
22 Apr
'98
10:56 a.m.
On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Doug Spence wrote:
> There were all kinds of small Apple cloners around, with various
Apple
> variety and fruit names ("Granny Smith",
"McIntosh", "Pear", etc.).
The
Any lawsuits there with that second item?
> Apple ][+ was the lack of the Apple logo, and
usually the presence of
> lower case display (though not necessarily the shift-key mod, which
my
> machine lacks). Some had additional stuff,
though, like function
keys and
> slightly differently shaped cases. Or maybe a
different colour of
> plastic.
>
> Maybe I should start collecting Apple clones, seeing as I see them
more
> frequently than actual Apples (clones were more
affordable).
I have seen a Franklin once, and the rest were real Apples.
I think the clones are more interesting than the real
Apples at this
point. They are more varied and in most areas are less common. More
importantly they do have a historical significance.
So how many of them were there
(ballpark)?
> So the Soviets pirated the Apple ][, who
didn't?
>
> A shame about the price, though. Why pirate the Apple if your clone
is
going to be
even MORE expensive than the real thing?
> BTW, my clone fell ill a while ago, and I've replaced it with a
genuine
> Apple //e (the clone is back in its original box).
Thanks to
> depreciation, the //e was *much* less expensive than the clone was.
And
> it even had an additional 256K RAM card in it (now
populated up to
512K).
:)
Too bad the //e won't work with any of my Z80 cards. :/
Sam Alternate e-mail:
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