Parallel: The reason it looks a bit different to the //e's that you're most probably used to is that its a Platinum IIe, the very last version that was made between 1987 and 1993.

Osgeld: Yes, it does need a good clean...it actually looks better in the photo than it does in real life, unfortunately thats what happens when a machine is in storage for 10 years, I am going to clean it, but up until this point I was more concerned with actually getting it going.