22 Apr
1998
22 Apr
'98
10:36 a.m.
There were all kinds of small Apple cloners around, with various Apple
variety and fruit names ("Granny Smith", "McIntosh",
"Pear", etc.). The
only obvious differences between most of these machines and an actual
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.
I fondly remember an issue of BYTE from long ago, that was the April
1st edition, that had a phoney advertisement in it for a 'Lemon
Computer' that looked suspiciously like an Apple ][ (with a rather
distressed and dissheveled user scratching his head . .).
This was long before BYTE became "The World's Computing Authority".
Back then, it still had a sense of humour.
Jeff