The Laser128 came out AFTER the IIc, and was a (bad) clone of the released IIc directly. It's not that they had access to the IIc prototype. http://books.google.com/books?id=Qi8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=Rainbow+Laser128&source=bl&ots=qrYTPJMQ_E&sig=fAhF6jcQmWxHQbEtzgRGP3dmuGo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=jbT8TuycC6mdiQK4n8GPDQ&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Rainbow%20Laser128&f=false shows it, and while it is obviously "inspired by" the IIc, it's no direct copy by any means.