Re: Curiosity about Apple II designations

[david@wraith.its.uow.edu.au (David E A Wilson)]

dpeschel@u.washington.edu (Derek Peschel) writes:
>In article <Dp1Frt.Co6@serval.net.wsu.edu>,
>Michael Kelsey <mkelsey@eecs.wsu.edu> wrote:
>>I have often wondered why Apple called the //c the //c and the //e the //e.

>A few people have already mentioned that the "e" stands for Enhanced.

>There may be another answer.  I remember soneone telling me that Apple
>experimented with b, c, d, and e configurations.  Although I am skeptical about
>this story, I distinctly remember that Call A.P.P.L.E. had an article called
>"Revving up the Rev. E."  So who knows?

In the book "West of Eden" it is mentioned that the //c could at one stage have
been called the //b (b = book) but Apple went with //c (c = compact). Then of
course there was the proposed //x.
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David Wilson	Dept CompSci Uni Wollongong Australia	david@cs.uow.edu.au