Mmm, don't think the Apricot F1 was 1979, it was much later than that! The F1 was mid 80s, I believe.

In '79 you didn't have a lot of choice of pre-built machines - Apple, PET or wierd-ass stuff like Ohio scientific were the only mass market things. Maybe Cromenco(sp?) or Altos were online by then, actually, but Apricot wasn't until years later.

I have an old apricot keyboard with a 2-line LCD built in. Funky

Hugo