Why do you write it as “Apple forward slash forward slash E”?

MiroslavPokorny 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

If i remember correctly that Apple //E used that notation itself in its startup message and on various screens in AppleWorks.

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jacquesm 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe

Check the logo on the picture on the right.

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stackghost 2 days ago | parent [-]

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.

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y1n0 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

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 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		You should check the actual manual: http://applelogic.org/files/AIIEREF.pdf First, the cover uses italic sans-serif “I” characters, not forward slashes. It’s pretty clear if you’re familiar with typography. Second, the body of the document uses neither. It uses the standard upright I character. As for the boot ROM, well, at the time, the character set was a fixed bitmap, stylized text wasn’t a thing on PCs yet, and slashes were as close as they could get.

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otterley 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s a cultural tic. Been around for decades. Those same folks also write “Apple ][“ to refer to the original Apple II.

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y1n0 2 days ago | parent [-]

It's a cultural tic to refer to something by its name.

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bmacho 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Is it it's name tho? Legally and culturally, do they have the power to name it?

	▲	bmacho 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		its I mean, like you want to name your dog Bell character, right-to-left character, Bell character, 0-width space. Can you do that legally? Can you do that culturally? Would that become the dog's name* in most of the senses? Random characters in Apple product names is similar territory, although less extreme.

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fsckboy 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

>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