Re: Bell and Howell Apples

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In article <1993Apr15.155449.25920@wheaton.wheaton.edu> dougs@david.wheaton.edu (Doug Smith - SGA) writes:
>In article <93103.224033KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu> <KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>even sure the exact number that were made.  Think of it this way, about one in
>>1000 Apple ][+'s are Bell and Howells.  They also have a bunch of extra hard-
>>ware on the back of them.  I just wish I had some software that used the
>>extra hardware.  So yes, through all this babbling, the Black Apples are rare.
>
>1) A carrying handle on the back containing the extra hardware.
>
>3) The power cord plugs into the handle unit where there are two power
>switches and an outlet.  One switch controls the computer and the other
>controls whatever device is plugged into the auxillary outlet.
>
>4) The speaker (by way of the headphone jack) plugs into an audio
>amplifier/mixer.  There are inputs and outputs that let you mix other
>audio signals to the Apple II audio.  There are three volume controls to set
>the levels of the sources.
>
>5) The video out jack is a BNC connector rather than the normal RCA.  It
>probably give a little better sheilding.  I'm not sure but it may also
>provide two video out jacks.
>

Hmmmm...if you look at these features, I wonder if the Bell & Howell
Apples were intended for some sort of early multimedia applications.  IE
you hook one up along with a slide projector and maybe a big monitor and
the apple does the music for the program or something.  Or perhaps it
was intended for educational purposes so you could mix a recording on
tape in with some sort of program teaching kids how to do this or that.


Just guesses...

Anthony Clifton