On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Adam Jenkins wrote:
> Apple sold them to "The Byte Shop" with no case, power supply or keyboard
> (all available seperatly), but in order to increase the sales the store
> commisioned cases from a local cabinetmaker. These were made of koa wood,
> and look extremly nice (to my tastes). I've always thought it would be
> keen to have a computer in a wooden case, but apple clearly beat me to it.
So did NorthStar with the early Horizons, Processor Technology Sol-20's
had wooden sides, and Cromemco came out with a dual 8" (Persci) drive
that had a beautiful all wood cabinet. BTW, all of the above will be on
display at the Vintage Computer Festival (plug).
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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Received on Thu Sep 25 1997 - 20:02:39 BST