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Re: What's an Apple II
- Subject: Re: What's an Apple II
- From: tolsen@netcom.com (Terry R. Olsen)
- Date: Tue, 31 May 1994 02:02:49 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
- References: <aad1001-280594160746@131.111.200.1> <28MAY199411524524@utkvx.utk.edu> <aad1001-290594115818@131.111.200.2> <2sdr6c$q08@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu>
Eric Shepherd (uerics@mcl.ucsb.edu) wrote:
: The reason we write "Apple ][" for the older models is because that's
: how it was printed onscreen when you switched the power on. Most
: Apple II computers are referred to in the same way their name is
: printed when you boot them, except the IIGS (there's some disagreement
: there -- I prefer "IIGS," but it's printed as "IIgs" when you turn the
: machine on). :)
Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't this how they all go???
Apple ][, Apple ][+, Apple //e, Apple //c, Apple //c+.
The GS as printed on the front panel is Apple IIGS, but what appears on
the screen at boot time is Apple IIgs.