Orangepeel Computer
Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2012 9:15 pmOrange Computer Inc
1495 Bonhill Road Unit 10
Mississauga, ON L5T 1M2
Canada
Year Founded: 1982
Year Defunct: 1983
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This is the one I recently acquired:
This computer is in a plastic case consisting of four pieces. The two end pieces are held in place by four small screws in the base. Once the screws are removed, the top of the end pieces have a 90 degree angle to which there is glued a strip of velcro which holds to the top piece. The glue on the velcro was dried so the side pieces came off rather easy. The top piece then slides to either end to remove it to get inside, the front and back pieces having a groove on the top part and the top having a nub on either side to hold it tight when in place.
Once inside and looking at it you realize that there is no fan inside and that the case itself has no ventilation slots.
The separate boxes that the computer and keyboard came in did not use styrofoam as packing material, but used a 1/2 inch egg carton foam as packing material.
The pictures at the bottom are the front page of the user manual which is printed on standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. I hope to scan the manual when I get my scanner working. The manual itself is only about 20 pages, which was a very tiny user manual for that era.
The separate card board is an extra video card, and the person who I received this from said it was in the box when he got it.
This computer was supposed to be totally compatible with the Apple II, and the manufacturer claimed that there was no infringement on Apple patents, just that Apple made their computers too simple and easy to clone without infringement.
However, it was Apple who won the battle, and his shipment of computers to the US, disappeared from a customs warehouse.
PS-- Kherr, same old camera, maybe it isn't the camera, but the guy holding it.
1495 Bonhill Road Unit 10
Mississauga, ON L5T 1M2
Canada
Year Founded: 1982
Year Defunct: 1983
Source : http://www.pcmuseum.ca/twitter.asp
This is the one I recently acquired:
This computer is in a plastic case consisting of four pieces. The two end pieces are held in place by four small screws in the base. Once the screws are removed, the top of the end pieces have a 90 degree angle to which there is glued a strip of velcro which holds to the top piece. The glue on the velcro was dried so the side pieces came off rather easy. The top piece then slides to either end to remove it to get inside, the front and back pieces having a groove on the top part and the top having a nub on either side to hold it tight when in place.
Once inside and looking at it you realize that there is no fan inside and that the case itself has no ventilation slots.
The separate boxes that the computer and keyboard came in did not use styrofoam as packing material, but used a 1/2 inch egg carton foam as packing material.
The pictures at the bottom are the front page of the user manual which is printed on standard 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper. I hope to scan the manual when I get my scanner working. The manual itself is only about 20 pages, which was a very tiny user manual for that era.
The separate card board is an extra video card, and the person who I received this from said it was in the box when he got it.
This computer was supposed to be totally compatible with the Apple II, and the manufacturer claimed that there was no infringement on Apple patents, just that Apple made their computers too simple and easy to clone without infringement.
However, it was Apple who won the battle, and his shipment of computers to the US, disappeared from a customs warehouse.
PS-- Kherr, same old camera, maybe it isn't the camera, but the guy holding it.