[vcf-midatlantic] Lego Logo 9767 Apple II Interface Build

[Dean Notarnicola]

Neil, agreed. This was marketed exclusively at the education market. Also,
it is possible to use a standard PC parallel port with a custom cable to
interface with the box:
http://www.lgauge.com/technic/LEGOInterfaceA/9750(1093).htm
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On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Neil Cherry via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> On 09/13/2016 10:01 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>
> One of the things I noticed was how the early Lego revolution never spanned
>> across the home computer market. So many other computers would take
>> advantage of this. It appears it was primarily focused on Apple alone at
>> first. As usual they probably worked out some marketing deal​ to prevent
>> that. The only other it seems was the IBM PC who was afforded this
>> interface - mostly likely because that IBM was just as popular and it's
>> name recognition.
>>
>
> My 2 cents ..
>
> The Lego kit was probably expensive and focused on the education market
> where Apple was king.
>
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