Re: A Black Apple ][??

[lazarus.long@adobe.com (Lazarus I. Long)]

In article <tcpnntpd.16.9.18.14.1.14.3183328205.48461@lost-gonzo.com>,
<sysop@Lost-Gonzo.com> wrote:

>LE>Hi again!
>
>LE>Wow, I have never seen a group as awsome as you people!!  I posted two
>LE>questions over the last two weeks and both were answered within hours!!
>
>LE>So, here is number 3:
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>LE>Way back in the Stone Age, during the summer between my 7th and 8th
>LE>grade years (1982) I took my first computer class.  We learned BASIC
>LE>on Commodre PET's.  I remembered thinking that the tapes in the tape
>LE>drives were amazing, but I digress....
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>LE>Anyway, the teacher had a BLACK APPLE ][ on his desk!  I used to think
>LE>that it was an Apple I, but now I know that those shipped without cases..
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>LE>The case looked exactly like an Apple ][+, but was black....
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>LE>Is my memory fading in my later years, or did such a thing exist???
>
>LE>Once again, thanks for all your HELP!!!,
>
>LE>-Chris
>LE>lewandow@u.arizona.edu
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>yep...i think it was sold by jc penny or montgomery ward or something
>briefly....i've seen one myself....not sure if it had the apple brand
>name on it or not...

Yes, it had the Apple Brand and it was known as the "Black Apple".  they
were all made for some company i donno, but then that company was done, so
they sold them plus the extras.  we had them in our middle school too...

-laz
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