Re: 200 apple II clones confirmed

["Eric" <englere_geo@yahoo.com>]

When I was in Korea 1984-1986 I saw dozens of locally-made clones. They
were all variations of the II+, and some of them used 64K RAM chips. I
think they all used off-the-shelf parts, which is why it was harder for
them to clone the IIe (I didn't see any IIe clones while I was there).

They occasionally had their own local language in the character
generator ROM, usually along with English. They had special utility
programs that could modify which character set was used. They sometimes
used ROMs with modified Applesoft, but they quit doing that when they
discovered some games wouldn't work with modified ROMs. However, they
typically did have the lower-case mods in their F8 ROM.

They also had a dozen different kinds of CP/M boards, and one
interesting clone computer came with both a 6502 and a Z-80 on the same
motherboard.

They clamped down on makers of illegal equipment when the Olympics came
to Seoul, but prior to that there was no real enforcement of patent and
copyright laws.

Sadly, I sold all the toys I aquired while I was there after I had kids
and needed cash. I wish I'd kept that stuff...

Eric