[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Significance of the red dot?
- Subject: Re: Significance of the red dot?
- From: Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:47:40 -0700 (PDT)
- Complaints-to: groups-abuse@google.com
- Injection-info: 19g2000vbx.googlegroups.com; posting-host=76.23.1.67; posting-account=zYTuBQoAAAC_bXzGjGVT5rxv8bOnpefP
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: http://groups.google.com
- References: <dog_cow-1316119268@macgui.com>
- User-agent: G2/1.0
- Xref: news1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:18101
On Sep 15, 2:41 pm, dog_...@macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> When I got my Apple II Plus, it had a small red dot sticker on the left end
> of the space bar. I've also seen other photos of Apple II and II Plus
> systems with a red dot sticker on the left edge of the space bar. I am
> curious to know its significance. Was it placed there by Apple Computer?
>
> --
> ]DF$
> Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and
> Macintosh computing.http://macgui.com/vault/
The HP-35 (the first HP scientific calculator (that Woz also help
create and later sold to fund Apple)) in its initial incarnation had a
"red dot" that appeared when you powered it up. It was a low-tech red
dot in that it was just paint on the power slider/switch that was
exposed via a small hole in the case.
The "red dot" was later removed because it was redundant. If the
calculator was on, the LEDs would be lit. Unless of course the
rechargeable battery was drained.
So, tell your friends that it was placed there by Woz in remembrance
of his beloved HP-35.