Comment by stackghost 16 hours ago Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”? 11 comments stackghost Reply MiroslavPokorny 16 hours ago If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks. jacquesm 15 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIeCheck the logo on the picture on the right. stackghost 14 hours ago I suppose it just seems weird to write “//e” when it’s the “Apple two E” and II is the universally accepted Roman numeral notation for the number two. y1n0 13 hours ago That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was. 1 reply → otterley 14 hours ago It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II. 4 replies → fsckboy 3 hours ago >Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”?because Apple did (and it was APPLE virgule virgule)(the e when it appeared was lowercase)https://archive.org/details/005a_Appleworks_Startup_Side_1
MiroslavPokorny 16 hours ago If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks.
jacquesm 15 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIeCheck the logo on the picture on the right. stackghost 14 hours ago I suppose it just seems weird to write “//e” when it’s the “Apple two E” and II is the universally accepted Roman numeral notation for the number two. y1n0 13 hours ago That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was. 1 reply → otterley 14 hours ago It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II. 4 replies →
stackghost 14 hours ago I suppose it just seems weird to write “//e” when it’s the “Apple two E” and II is the universally accepted Roman numeral notation for the number two. y1n0 13 hours ago That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was. 1 reply → otterley 14 hours ago It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II. 4 replies →
y1n0 13 hours ago That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was. 1 reply →
otterley 14 hours ago It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II. 4 replies →
fsckboy 3 hours ago >Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”?because Apple did (and it was APPLE virgule virgule)(the e when it appeared was lowercase)https://archive.org/details/005a_Appleworks_Startup_Side_1
If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe
Check the logo on the picture on the right.
I suppose it just seems weird to write “//e” when it’s the “Apple two E” and II is the universally accepted Roman numeral notation for the number two.
That's how it was named. The bootscreen didn't say Apple IIe. It's Apple //e. with slashes. That's how it was in all the docs and any software and the bootrom.
Call it weird if you want, but that's what the name was.
1 reply →
It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II.
4 replies →
>Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”?
because Apple did (and it was APPLE virgule virgule)
(the e when it appeared was lowercase)
https://archive.org/details/005a_Appleworks_Startup_Side_1