Re: Typing computer logos (was: Apple Computers-collector's items?)

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Galen Tatsuo Komatsu (gkomatsu@Hawaii.Edu) wrote:
: In article <4ursde$8dp@crl9.crl.com>, Sam Ismail <dastar@crl.com> wrote:
: >Actually, I always type my apple computer names properly.  When referring
: >to the Apple II line, I use two I's.  When referring specifically to the
: >Apple ][ and Apple ][+, I use the square brackets (as was displayed upon
: >booting up a ][ or ][+, but of course the ][+ just said "APPLE ][" and not
: >"APPLE ][+".  It's funny, I wonder who at Apple came up with the square
: >brackets?).  Then there is the Apple //e and Apple //c (the cases both
: >show the "//" and the //c shows "Apple //c" upon boot-up, as do the

: 	*bzzt* sorry, no Chevy Nova for you today.  The unenhanced //e
: displays "APPLE ][" on startup.  I'm fairly sure of that, as I was
: swapping parts between two //e CPUs earlier (one enhanced the other not)

**bzzt** **bzzt**  Sorry, you don't get the Aspire either.  The unenhanced
//e (which I generally refer to as a "][e" as opposed to the enhanced
"//e") displays "Apple ][" (mixed case!) on startup.  The enhanced //e
displays "Apple //e" on startup.

: >enhanced //e's).  Hmmm.  The Apple /// shows the three slashes on the
: >case, as well as the Apple Monitor ///.  But I would have to pull my
: >/// out and boot it up to see what it says on the screen.

And the nameplate on the front of the Monitor ][ says...ummm...well,
nothing at all unless you count that little rainbow colored Apple.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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