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Re: Typing computer logos (was: Apple Computers-collector's items?)



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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gkomatsu@hawaii.edu                                     feynman lives!
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