Re: Apple II history

[dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dick Napoli)]

Ric Sanz (gbmaidsf@wco.com) wrote:
: In article <3tfm39$khe@opal.southwind.net>, shack@onyx.southwind.net
: (Randy Shackelford) wrote:

: > Tammy Barr (barrt@ucs.orst.edu) wrote:
: > : When was the first Apple II computer introduced?  
: > 
: > I could tell ya if my Apple II Guide were handy
: > --
: > Randy Shackelford                            I was internet
: > shack@southwind.net                          when internet wasn't cool

:Dr. Tom knows the answer.  It was APRIL FOOLS DAY! 4/1/77 and the price was:
:$666.00    (That's for real - No Joke)  See, I'm still good for something,
: even if it's Apple II trivia facts.

Sorry, Dr. Tom, but you are confusing the Apple I and Apple II.  You may
have the right date, but the price is wrong.  The original price was
$1298 for the complete Apple II with 4k of ram.  (I paid $680 for an Apple
II motherboard alone in November of 1978).  I have in front of me the Sept,
1977 issue of Byte, which had a two page ad for the Apple II.
 
	I also have on my desk a copy of Interface Age, November, 1976,
which has an ad for the Apple I, priced at $666.66 (4k ram).  The ad also
mentions the speedy cassette board:
>And since it is very fast (1500 bits per second), you can read or write
>4k bytes in about 20 seconds).  :-)
  


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Dick Napoli (dnapoli@freenet.columbus.oh.us)