← Back to context Comment by stackghost 12 hours ago Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”? 9 comments stackghost Reply MiroslavPokorny 11 hours ago If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks. jacquesm 10 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIeCheck the logo on the picture on the right. stackghost 9 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 9 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. otterley 9 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 →
MiroslavPokorny 11 hours ago If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks.
jacquesm 10 hours ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIeCheck the logo on the picture on the right. stackghost 9 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 9 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. otterley 9 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 9 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 9 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. otterley 9 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 9 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.
otterley 9 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 →
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.
It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II.
4 replies →