Re: Bell & Howell questions

[spam@luddite.ca (Simon Williams)]

Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> >Finally my part-time high school janitor gig pays off... today I managed
> >to walk out with a nice Bell & Howell II+ with the A/V interface and a
> >pair of matching drives. ;-P
> 
> Bingo!  Although highly prized by collectors for its low production
> numbers, the computer is really just a ][+ with a paint job.  ;-)

Yes, I was quite surprised to find out how rare these things actually
are, though I'm determined to use it rather than keep it as a "museum
piece"... It'll be the new home for my DX-1 sampler. 
BTW, I should clarify that I didn't simply walk out the back door with
it... in fact the teacher who was in charge of it seemed quite happy to
to regain a couple feet of shelf space ;-)

> Remember that it is a ][+, and therefore has only upper-case.

Actually, it seems that B&H added the shift-key mod themselves (of
course that's of no use to me since I don't have game paddles for it).
It was nice to have this rare opportunity to correct you, Michael :)
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