On Wed, 15 Oct 1997, Uncle Roger wrote:
> At 03:50 PM 10/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >> Disk]['s. Did Apple license Bell & Howell to make these machines? If they
> >> did, did they license other companies as well?
> >
> >Yes and they were all black. I don't think Apple ever licensed the design
> >to any other company, and I'm surprised that they even licensed it at all.
>
> My money says that Apple licensed the II to B&H as a way of getting into
> schools. B&H made projectors and such for the school market and so buyers
> are far more likely to buy a Bell and Howell computer than some machine from
> some company nobody ever heard of.
>
> And once the computers were in place, Apple could get in the door by selling
> Bell and Howell clones...
Certainly both possible, but I would be more willing to believe that B&H
contracted with Apple to supply the rebadged units to support their
technical training and correspondence courses.
- don
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