[SIGCIS-Members] Fwd: The compelling history of the personal computer behind an industry behemoth
Brian Berg
brianberg at gmail.com
Thu Jun 8 16:16:45 PDT 2023
I had not noticed this originally, but it was noted to me that the origin
of the cover image is highly inaccurate re: how the Apple ][ looked in 1978
with the availability of the Disk ][ option, which in effect replaced the
original cassette for mass storage, as shown at
https://oldcomputers.net/appleii.html
Brian Berg
On Thu, Jun 8, 2023 at 8:19 AM Jonathan Coopersmith via Members <
members at lists.sigcis.org> wrote:
> A pleasure to see UC promoting The Apple II Age
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