7 Jul
2000
7 Jul
'00
4:42 a.m.
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Mike Ford wrote:
Perhaps the unfortunate thing is that I can think of
nothing to do with a
100 old Apple II computers other than pull interesting cards and look for
hard drives (the Vulcan is inside the powersupply). There are a couple
models I would like to have in my personal collection, a plain II and a
platinum II whatever it is, but thats about it. Otherwise they are just too
A Platinum //e is an enhanced Apple //e with a built-in numeric keypad on
the right hand side. It's also got the "platinum" covering. Nothing
special.
There was also a Platinum //c. It had an extremely nice keyboard (a major
improvement over the //c's crap keyboard).
common and too indestructible (what else could you
call machines that
routinely still work just fine after 20 years of elementary school use?)
They are definitely work horses. I've never met an Apple //e that was so
fargone it wouldn't work anymore. I even have Apple ][+'s that have sat
in horrible conditions still work 20 years later, with just a few faulty
keys on the keyboard.
Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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