Re: questions on apple hardware

[LOSETHECAPITALWORDSedhel@bigfoot.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 16:45:06 -0500, thatguy@netexpress.net (Eric
Young) wrote:

...
>	blurry, but that can be fixed by holding the connector tightly
>	against the back of the IIe.  Does anyone have any suggestions
>	on what's causing that, and how to fix it?

[remembering when my family kept a bowling ball on top of the cable
box to keep the interference away]
-Shove a brick up againts the plug

or

-Shove the //e against a wall, pressing the plug in

>2) I have some in-laws that picked up an "apple" computer at a school 
>	auction.  "Apple" is in quotes, because there is another 
>	manufacturer's name on it.  Since I don't recognize it as a IIe or 
>	IIc (and I've never seen a GS), I ask: Has any other company 
>	produced an apple-like computer?

Yep:
-Pineapple
-Franklin series
-Laser 128 series
-several others

>    They had parts that were 
>	patently Apple, but that darn CPU had me stumped.

It should say somewhere on it one of the following:
6502
6502A
65C02

Apples usually had Rockwell (or Motorola?) CPU's, while my Franklins'
CPUs were made by Sysco or something.  It was still a 6502, tho.
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