Re: some questions about the ][

[unknown@apple.com (Matt Ackeret)]

In article <1993Aug11.114934.18691@actrix.gen.nz> dempson@swell.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) writes:
>> Is the case for the platimun //e the same size/shape as the original //e?
>Yes, the case is the same size, and I'm pretty sure the shape is the
>same (I haven't used one of these machines much).
>The keys must be smaller, I suppose.  I've never looked closely enough.

	The keys aren't very much smaller, if at all. Mostly, the keyboard
is moved left about as far as you can imagine in the case -- almost all the way
to the edge where the //e case starts sloping down.  Then the extra space on 
the right fits a numeric keypad fairly nicely.  The only thing I can't remember
was if the reset key was moved above the keyboard, since it really takes up
a lot of space where the numeric keypad goes... (that is, there's not really
enough room for a numeric keypad unless you move the reset key above the
rest of the keyboard)

>One difference: I don't think an "international" version of the
>Platinum IIe was ever made.  The original IIe was produced in USA and
>several International versions, the main visible diference being the

	Well there've also been versions for different languages. I know
someone who had a very low numbered (like 12?) French //e. 
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