Re: Apple II plus clone?

[Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2012, Patrick Schaefer wrote:

> Am 03.11.2012 21:47 schrieb Sam Latella:
>
> > What do you mean by Z80?  The Z80 card itself?
>
> Yes, there is a build-in Microsoft Z80 Softcard mapped to slot 4. Therefore 
> slot 4 is missing. Try booting a CP/M disk.
>
> You might also have a keyboard with autorepeat and macro functions. Press and 
> hold a key, it should auto-repeat after a few seconds. Then press and hold 
> the "func" key in the bottom left (usually the one with the power light) and 
> hit another key. This should give you a whole BASIC or CP/M command. Saves a 
> lot of time.
>
>
> > So, I'm presuming you mean an original Apple II plus in Europe is rare?
>
> I don't know if rare is the correct word (there are still many II plus on 
> ebay), but clones were much more common that time. In the '80s, I knew only 
> one guy who owned a genuine Apple, but more than ten people who owned clones.
There was a division.  I gather the Commodore PET did well in the UK 
and/or Europe, while the Apple didn't make many inroads.  On ther other 
hand, there were certainly enough designed and built in the UK computers 
to make up for lack of imports.  I know less about what was home grown in 
Europe.

I remember an article in one magazine that basically said the clone market 
built up because at one point there were European Apple II boards 
available cheap, and by cutting traces and adding wire, they could be used 
in North America.  Once that source dried up, people started making boards 
that were copies of the Apple II.

  Michael