Re: Pure white apple //c

[a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

(I posted this several days ago, but it never made it off my local newserver
for some reason...)

ipely@charm.net (Ist) wrote:

>Was there ever a version of the Apple //c or IIc Plus that had both
>white keys and white case (as opposed to the platinum color)?

    No, not to my knowledge. The Apple IIc (April 1984 to August 1988)
always shipped in a snow-white colored case, though late models had
seen a change in the color of the keyboard, floppy-drive door latch
and powersupply cabling--switching from beige to grey in mid/late 1986.

    I heard a rumour years ago there were some platinum color case 
molds of the IIc that shipped (*prior* to the IIc Plus), but I somehow
very much doubt it was true.

    The IIc Plus (September 1988 to November 1990) shipped in a
platinum colored case with a matching platinum keyboard--they 
blended to look seamless. The IIc Plus on that web page is 
heavily discolored, much like my own. Here's a good example of
what the IIc Plus coloring originally looked like:

http://www.tarosworld.com/apple/apple_ii/apple_iic_plus/vert.jpg
    
>Also, what kind of apple //c is pictured on this page? It seems to be
>an unusual model:
>
>http://perso.wanadoo.fr/fabrice.montupet/appleiic.htm
>
>The position of the apple badge and the length of the lines are odd,
>no?

    It's the European version of the IIc. You can tell from the unusual 
looking keyboard (i.e. inverted Return key, shortened left-Shift key,
enlarged Caps-Locks and so on). You can also see there are icon
symbols next to LEDs and switches instead of wording, though you 
may have seen this from Canadian IIc's which leaked into the US
(Canadian II'c have the US keyboard, but with extra characters
printed on some keycaps; with the Dvork switch working instead
as a language switch to access those special character sets).

    The floppy door latch, line groves and Apple logo positioning are 
strange, though I suppose it's another difference between North
American and European IIc's.

Mitchell Spector
a_specto@alcor.concordia.ca