Hi ClassicCmp,
Issue 4.2 of the CHAC?s journal, the ANALYTICAL ENGINE, will commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the Apple ][ and its descendants. As it happens,
I?m in the middle :-) of writing the lead article :-) and I?m wondering if
you could help me with a few data points. In spite of the laudable work
done by Liethen, Mates and Weyhrich -- all of which I've gone through with
some care -- the rest of this stuff is still remarkably hard to find.
What I?m looking for is:
? Date, or at least month and year, of introduction, and location if pertinent
? "Secret" (internal development) name ? I realize there may have been several
? Price of typical config at introduction
? Total number produced, even if approximate (tough)
? Date, or at least month and year, of discontinuance (sometimes tough)
and for these models:
Original ][
][plus
][ europlus
Original //e
//e Enhanced
"Expanded" //e (1987, the one with 64Kx4 RAM)
//c
//c+
//e Emulation Card for Mac LC
IIGS ROM 00, 01, 03, and the prototype-only 04
IIGS Upgrade Kit for //e, especially what it cost
I'm also in need of everything about the Black Apple II marketed by Bell &
Howell, including not only the above, but its technical specifications.
And, if anybody ever actually SAW a IIx and remembers what it looked like,
please let me know.
If there?s a model I?m missing, and I don?t think there is, please clue me;
but I hope that what I?m asking for, and the way I?m asking for it, will
reassure you that I?ve done some homework already. I have at least ONE of
these data items for every model listed, except the ][ europlus, but I
don?t have ALL of them for ANY model listed. If I could complete this
table with solid information, IMHO, it would be a significant contribution
to the literature.
Thanks in advance for your time and attention, and I hope you can and will
contribute. You?ll understand that I want the CHAC?s commemoration of this
quasi-eternal computer to be as good as we can make it.
cheers,
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Kip Crosby engine_at_chac.org
http://www.chac.org/index.html
Computer History Association of California
Received on Sat Sep 20 1997 - 12:25:33 BST