Re: Putting a system together

["Peter Watson" <paw77@NOhotmailSPAM.com>]

"funtos" <sdzierza@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:hi_Z6.214$wh1.106338@news1.news.adelphia.net...
> Way back when I could not afford one, now I can pick one up on eBay for
> pennies on the dollar. OK, my question is would I have gotten the duodisk
or
> two of the single drives had I put an Apple IIe together in 1982? Also,
> would I have gone full out for the color monitor or was everyone just
happy
> with the monochrome.

Well, in 1982 you wouldn't have had a //e for a start - they weren't
released
until 1983! I'm open to correction by others, but I don't think the UniDisk
and
Duodisk drives were released until later again.

As for the monitor, *very* few people had colour monitors, they were just
*too* expensive. If you wanted colour, you bought a small color TV for games
and used the monochrome monitor for text.

(Side note: My color "monitor" (as described above :-) purchased around
1982/83
is *still* going strong as a TV for the kids!)
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)