Re: Apple II case preferences....

["Jason Whorton" <jason at microxl.com>]

"Simon Williams" <*email*@*luddite.ca*> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 20:30:02 GMT salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)
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> > In article <3e8ad0a2_1@news.iprimus.com.au>,
> > Mark Cummings <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:
> > >my preference for case is based on the feel of the keyboard alone, that
> > >being the beige IIe euro model. unlike the US model it has black
lettering
> > >on darker brown keys, instead of white lettering on brown.
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> > That's not an export-vs-domestic issue, as I have a couple of US-spec
IIes
> > (one of which was upgraded to a "stealth IIGS") that have keyboards like
> > what you describe.  What type of keyboard you had was, I think, more a
> > matter of age than anything else.
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> Sounds right. I have a very early //e that has the BIG white letters on
> brownish keys and a bunch of later //es that have the smaller black
letters.
> Actually I much prefer the white letters. I also prefer the beige cases as
> they look much better with the duodisk and mono monitor.
> Purely from a design perspective you really can't beat the //c and //c+,
> surely one of the best looking computers ever made.
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> Simon Williams
> Luddite Enterprises
> http://www.luddite.ca

I have had a couple of IIe's with the white lettered keyboards.
    A platinum DuoDisk would have been cool.  There's no need to stack two
on the side when you can slip them in-between the computer and monitor.

Thank you,
Jason Whorton