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For the Apple II there are already some reproductions of the Rev 0 PCB but there are already plenty of originals (non-rev0) out there in the wild, they're not really rare enough (particularly given their use in the US schools system).

I have six a ][ EuroPlus, three //es, a //c and an ITT2020 and once upon a time had a lot more. The biggest issue is the RIFA caps going in the PSU.

As Apple I diy kits these are a little bit too modern for my tastes. I prefer my retro remakes to stick much more closely to the original design. The only real "fake" that I have is the PiDP 11/70 front panel which has a Raspberry PI running an emulation as it's CPU.

There are a long list of modern remakes around in the retro computing community, but most stuff earlier than 1981 uses discrete components so if the CPU is still available should be cloneable.



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