Re: A Black Apple ][??

[harold.h@genie.com (Harold Hislop)]

Chris (lewandow@u.arizona.edu) said & asked:

>> Anyway, the teacher had a BLACK APPLE ][ on his desk!  I used to
>> think that it was an Apple I, but now I know that those shipped
>> without cases..

>> The case looked exactly like an Apple ][+, but was black....

>> Is my memory fading in my later years, or did such a thing exist???

That was a Bell & Howell variant of the Apple ][+. These were built by
Apple, but as you noted, in a black case (and with a Bell & Howell
sticker where the Apple one would have been)
 
I've got 4 or 5 of them here :)

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