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Re: Typing computer logos (was: Apple Computers-collector's items?)
- Subject: Re: Typing computer logos (was: Apple Computers-collector's items?)
- From: gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu (Galen Tatsuo Komatsu)
- Date: 1996/08/14
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, alt.folklore.computers
- Organization: University of Hawaii
- References: <4tovmb$4al@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <4udicq$gca@sue.cc.uregina.ca> <4uog7i$j9d@inca01.inca.co.nz> <4ursde$8dp@crl9.crl.com>
- Sender: news@news.hawaii.edu
In article <4ursde$8dp@crl9.crl.com>, Sam Ismail <dastar@crl.com> wrote:
>Actually, I always type my apple computer names properly. When referring
>to the Apple II line, I use two I's. When referring specifically to the
>Apple ][ and Apple ][+, I use the square brackets (as was displayed upon
>booting up a ][ or ][+, but of course the ][+ just said "APPLE ][" and not
>"APPLE ][+". It's funny, I wonder who at Apple came up with the square
>brackets?). Then there is the Apple //e and Apple //c (the cases both
>show the "//" and the //c shows "Apple //c" upon boot-up, as do the
*bzzt* sorry, no Chevy Nova for you today. The unenhanced //e
displays "APPLE ][" on startup. I'm fairly sure of that, as I was
swapping parts between two //e CPUs earlier (one enhanced the other not)
>enhanced //e's). Hmmm. The Apple /// shows the three slashes on the
>case, as well as the Apple Monitor ///. But I would have to pull my
>/// out and boot it up to see what it says on the screen.
>I hope you all enjoyed reading this useless thread.
about ten times more useful that half the messages floating around
usenet right now...
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