Re: Apple 1

[rhawkins@iastate.edu (Rick Hawkins)]

In article <6a8u1o$gvq@sifon.cc.mcgill.ca>,
Louis RAPHAEL  <raphael@cs.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>I once worked on such an Apple ][. It was just like a regular Apple
>][, except that it was in a wooden frame, and had a different
>(detached) keyboard. I only worked on it once, so that's all I know
>about it. Seemed to me that it was an unusual clone (whoever made this
>one chose to build it that particular way, instead of following tha
>Apple "standard" pattern, as did most clone makers).

It may not have been a clone.  THe old purple reference manual that came
with the II (even through the early days of the II+, i think), had
instructions on what the power supply needed to provide, and what you
had to do to connect your keyboard.

I have no idea how many II's were sold as just boards, though
-- 
R E HAWKINS
rhawkins@iastate.edu

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