Really? Not sure what makes you think that. The Apple II is one of a number of machines at the time that had the system-unit-plus-keyboard as a base on which a

Really? Not sure what makes you think that. The Apple II is one of a number of machines at the time that had the system-unit-plus-keyboard as a base on which a matching monitor was put. The HP 9845A and PET 2001 for example. Later CP/M systems often had the system unit built into the monitor - and sometime the keyboard as well in systems like the Intertec Superbrain.