Re: Original Apple // on eBay

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>> It's my experience that the color of a product is sometimes
>> an indication of manufacturer, not so much preference of
>> the builder. It is possible that the green slots were more readily
>> available at certain times or were simply cheaper. Less cost
>> equals more profit. ;-)
>
>I imagine you're correct in that. My reason for wondering is that in
>the Apple IIs I've seen the earliest had light green slots. Then I've 
>seen slightly later ones with dark green slots. Then all the later
>ones I've seen all had black slots. Seeing dark green slots in a version
>of the motherboard where previously every one I've seen has had black
>slots sort of jars.
>Maybe they got a price break or maybe a shipment was late and they
>picked up a few days suppy locally, who knows.
>
>
>Wayne

   I'm with Wayne on this one.  But I remember seeing the early rev 4 MB's with
green slots.  

  Like Apple changed from using Astec, to Dynacomp and back to Astec again.  I
always hated them Dynacomp power supplies. 

   Once when I worked at an Apple dealer back in '82 we sold a brand new ][+ to
a customer and it had 2 "C" keys and no "Z" key.

Raymond