Editing Apple II (section)

==Clones==
{{Main|Apple II clones}}
The Apple II was frequently cloned, both in the United States and abroad, in a similar way to the IBM PC. According to some sources (see below), more than 190 different models of [[List of Apple II clones|Apple II clones]] were manufactured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-01-27 |title=12-The Apple II Abroad / Clones |url=https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah12/ |access-date=2022-05-02 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513011917/https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah12/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Most could not be legally imported into the United States.<ref name="mitchell19830906">{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gn0hAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584%2C3561802 | title=A summer-CES report | work=Boston Phoenix | date=1983-09-06 | access-date=10 January 2015 | author=Mitchell, Peter W. | pages=4 | archive-date=February 9, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209104106/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gn0hAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584%2C3561802 | url-status=live }}</ref> Apple sued and sought criminal charges against clone makers in more than a dozen countries.<ref name="caruso19840123">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 | title=Customs officials seize 400 fake Apple Computers | work=InfoWorld | date=1984-01-23 | access-date=9 February 2015 | author=Caruso, Denise | pages=17 | archive-date=September 15, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915140402/https://books.google.com/books?id=fC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA17 | url-status=live }}</ref>