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Bebek Electronic catalog 1-3/1984

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I found these Bebek Electronics catalogs from online auction site for few euro’s so i naturally just had to get them. I saw there were few ad’s about BOSS-1 clone that i have, so i was super excited to obtain any additional information about the model and it’s history. There’s so little information of anykind of this model.

 

Brief Bebek Electronics history:

“Bebek Electronic began operations in Lahti in the mid-1970s, when Resit Bebek, who first moved from Turkey to study in Germany and came to Finland after graduating as an electronics engineer with his Finnish wife, did not find a job elsewhere”.

– Then I had to try it myself.

“From Lahti, operations gradually expanded to Helsinki, Tampere and Kuopio. In addition to the four locations, supplies are  currently sold in the company’s own Bebek.fi online store”.

Some interesting ad’s from those catalogs:

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BOSS-1

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BOSS-1c

 

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Hitachi 3″ compact floppy disk drive. These were sold in here in Finland in few places. I have one as well. The 3″ format itself wasn’t really popular, it was used in Amstrad computers in UK. It works as any floppy drive with Apple II, regular Disk II interface card will do. It’s dual sized.

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Some cards they sold for Apple II and clones (MACK-48, BOSS-1). I assume those cards were also clones from Taiwan/HK.
I’d like to find that 6809-card long with the FLEX-OS they bundled it with. There were 6809 card made in Germany by IBS as well.

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These cards look clones as well to me.

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Different pricing for companies. They also sold AMDEK monitors.

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They carried also Teac half-height floppy drives.

 

 

BOSS-1 information + link to my blog:
https://finapple.hho.fi/finapple/index.php/2019/02/24/apple-ii-clones-boss-1-multi-system-personal-computer/

Link to full resolution scans at archive.org
https://archive.org/details/bebekelectroniccatalog1984

About Resit Bebek (In Finnish)
https://www.sahkoala.fi/ammattilaiset/artikkelit/yritys/fi_FI/elektroniikka_ei_enaa_kiinnosta_nuoria/

 

I am very interested finding more about the BOSS-1/BOSS-1C computer so please contact me if you have anything about BOSS-1/1c.

Also interested if somebody have more of these Bebek Electronic catalogs from 1980’s.

FinApple 2020 (c)
Apple II Forever.

A2heaven products for the summer.. coming soon!

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FastChip //c

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This summer you’ll be able to ACCELERATE your Apple //c up to 16.6MHz!
Easy to install, easy to adjust speed, all you ever need for your Apple //c. If it would be faster, it would be I-N-S-A-N-E.

RamWorks III VGA add-on-card (PAL/NTSC)

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RamWorks III VGA add-on card is very handy add-on card to your Applied Engineering (or equilevant) RamWorks III card.
This add-on board enables you to use VGA-monitors with your Apple //e (PAL or NTSC) and save up an slot compared to other
VGA-solutions. There’s never too many slots!

Color modes available are as of:
1 – Colour
2 – Colour Alternative
3 – Shades of Green
4 – Shades of White
5 – Mono – Green
6 – Mono – White
7 – Mono – Amber
8 – Mono – Green (Bold)
9 – Mono – White (Bold)
10 – Mono – Amber (Bold)

 

MegaAudio

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Mega Audio is audio card for your Apple II that holds inside several audio cards itself. It supports emulation of :
2 * MockingBoards , 1 * ALF , 4x * SAM cards .

 

ALL THESE ARE SOON AVAILABLE AT : https://www.a2heaven.com/webshop

A peeled Apple IIe

Finally got around framing this cool Apple IIe poster. “A peeled Apple IIe”. It seems to be from Australia, so far i could find the “Kurrawood Computers” was located in NSW, Australia. It’s not in perfect condition, but when placed under the glass it does look good.

It’s good addition to my mancave/work-room wall.

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FinApple 2018 (c)
Apple ][ forever.

 

Apple In Europa – Vol.1 No.4 (Januar 1982)

apple-in-europa-vol-1-no-4-januar-1982-german_s_2I found one nice Apple (internal?) newsletter from early 1982, in German, called “APPLE IN EUROPA”. It was usual sales/product/business info but also nice pieces of history for details-buffs like myself.

I found out for example the exat time/dates when they showed the Apple /// for the first time in Finland at the ELCOM ’81 exhibition/trade show, Helsinki, 2-6- November 1981.

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As well DESIGN ’81 in Helsinki, 2-6 August 1981, had an FinApple’s presense and assume Apple ][ was the main item.

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Also KONTTORITEKNIIKAN NÄYTTELY ’81 in Turku, 23-26 September 1981. I’ve been in some of these in Helsinki maybe in 1986-1988 time range or so. These were about all things releated to office work, papers, pens, desks, computers – all you can think of.

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img_0000_sIF somebody have more of these, please contact me, share there, or contact me for scanning them. These are extermely interesting pieces of history and detail!

I am not sure if i’ve seen this Sales Promotion Price List scanned up.

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Scanned pdf can be found at https://archive.org/details/AppleInEuropaVol.1No.4Januar1982German

FinApple 2017
Apple ][ forever.

 

Vintage Apple-logo signs

mainos_loydetty_sThese Vintage Apple-signs or trade show props, were donated to my by a friend and colleague. He used to work to repair Apple and Macintosh computers back in 1980 and 1990’s. He must have saved these and totally forgotten these for all these years. They came across his basement storage recently and he of cos,  knew my interested in the “old apples”, offered them to me right away.  There were supposed to be just one, but to his suprisement, there were two of them. One being more rough,  the sticker corners are peeling off due old age, but the other one is in much better shape.  Needs just some cleaning. The better one will make nice props to my work/hobby room.

manos_puhditust_2Cleaning was needed or at least trying …

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So basicly i tried just basic every household cleaning methods. Tolu-foam which really didn’t do much but maybe  polish the plastic a bit – the darker dirt came off however perfectly with Label-Off spray. The plastic itself was partly yellowed (I know! this sounds like a job for Mr. Retr0bright..). But i don’t think it’s much of a worth the effort to go that extreme on this case. If you want these, you can easily make your own copies.

mainos_puhdistus_1_sSo i was quite ok with them cleaned up, glued together the logo a bit and we’re good to go.

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I placed them to my work/hobby room against the wall. But. I had an idea. I need to find where i can cut another of them to perfect square around the logo itself, it would make great framed decoration to the wall..

Apple //c in SALE!

The high price-point for the Apple //c then of cos lead to this.

Mustapörssi was electronics retailer of the 1980’s and was very aggressive with their pricing and commericals. I’ve wondered what was the “complete gaming software bundle” package they offered?

If somebody knows about what it containted, please contact me.

 

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Laser Shop!

Laser Shop sold Apple ][‘s as well, in this case, the Apple //c which got LOTS of ad’s in Microcomputer magazines trying getting back to the market. But.. Apple //c was quite expensive if you compare to the other 8-bits, like Commodore 64 or Spectrum whose ruled over the market before Amiga and then later Windows units.

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Apple II software list (Computer Game Station)

Found also an nice list of Apple II games/software sold by “Computer Game Station” in Helsinki. This was just an listing for some hot items, they had more of other titles as well.

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Utility/productivity software.

 

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And the games.

I do collect (&preserve) original software for Apple ][ – so IF you happen to have any of these, please do contact me.