>On Wed, 22 Apr 1998, Doug Spence wrote:
>> There were all kinds of small Apple cloners around, with various
Apple
>> variety and fruit names ("Granny Smith", "McIntosh", "Pear", etc.).
The
Any lawsuits there with that second item?
>> Apple ][+ was the lack of the Apple logo, and usually the presence of
>> lower case display (though not necessarily the shift-key mod, which
my
>> machine lacks). Some had additional stuff, though, like function
keys and
>> slightly differently shaped cases. Or maybe a different colour of
>> plastic.
>>
>> Maybe I should start collecting Apple clones, seeing as I see them
more
>> frequently than actual Apples (clones were more affordable).
I have seen a Franklin once, and the rest were real Apples.
>I think the clones are more interesting than the real Apples at this
>point. They are more varied and in most areas are less common. More
>importantly they do have a historical significance.
So how many of them were there (ballpark)?
>> So the Soviets pirated the Apple ][, who didn't?
>>
>> A shame about the price, though. Why pirate the Apple if your clone
is
>> going to be even MORE expensive than the real thing?
>
So that you can sell it back to the US and make a profit!
>
>> BTW, my clone fell ill a while ago, and I've replaced it with a
genuine
>> Apple //e (the clone is back in its original box). Thanks to
>> depreciation, the //e was *much* less expensive than the clone was.
And
>> it even had an additional 256K RAM card in it (now populated up to
512K).
>> :)
>>
>> Too bad the //e won't work with any of my Z80 cards. :/
>
There has been a Z-80 card made for the Apple //c, which plugged into
the processor socket. Has anyone seen it? I only saw it in a catalog.
>
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