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.

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y1n0 3 hours 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.

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otterley 4 hours 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.

	▲	y1n0 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's a cultural tic to refer to something by its name.