Re: Saw a wierd II clone... is it worth the effort to get it?

[Barton Oleksy <boleksy@nait.ab.ca>]

Bruce Tomlin wrote:
> 
> The other day in a thrift store I saw an Apple II clone with almost no
> cards init (just a 16k ram card and a serial card).  The only identifying
> mark of who made this was a logo of a capital letter "I" on a globe, both
> on the keyboard power light and one of the ROM chips.
> 
> What is this exactly, and is it worth bothering to collect it?  Is it more
> or less desirable than a genuine Apple II?
> 
> I probably won't bother with it anyhow (I'd rather keep the $4 and the
> storage space), but I was just curious.

Are you sure it's not a clone of the IIplus?  I think that's what I've
got (actually three different clones) - all seem to work with regular
disks that work with my IIe.  I'd also be interested in finding out more
about these clones...and their value, if any.  If that unit works, I'd
buy it, but so far for me it's just a curiosity value.

I'll eagerly look forward to other posts on this!  One of my clones has
a metal label with "TST" on it where the Apple II+ label would go, and
actually says "TST" on the top of the screen when I boot it up.

Another one is called "Aloha 55", I believe, but I haven't had time to
fire it up yet.  It has a numeric keypad, though, which the TST doesn't.

Bart