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innocentoldguy on May 18, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Lost Japanese ROM of the Macintosh Plus

I found an old, unopened Apple box containing a Japanese Apple II Plus while cleaning out my in-laws house last month. I also found a fake-leather carrying case for it (also unopened). Both are from 1979.

It was interesting to discover that the Apple II Plus' ROM didn't support Kanji, but there were third-party add-on cards that added Kanji support. The Apple II Plus I found had a Multitech Kanji Card with it. Multitech later became Acer.

JeremyHerrman on May 18, 2025 [–]

wow what a find! Does the carrying case feature the standard apple logo or one with no "bite"?

If you ever decide to part with it let me know :)

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