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- From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
- Subject: Re: Future of the II line (???)
- Message-ID: <bazyar.721961450@teal>
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- References: <Bxs8nz.MF1@darkside.osrhe.uoknor.edu> <1e75vhINNf8n@uwm.edu> <1992Nov16.103413.14250@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 00:50:50 GMT
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- bjbernstein@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
-
- >> they often wonder if the II is on the way out... Why? With little spent on
- >> R&D, yet a relative *LOT* happening,
-
- > Such as?
-
- GNO, Switch-It!, Pointless, AutoArc and HardPressed, the Apple EtherNet card,
- a new high-performance stereo digitizing card, IDE hard drives & controllers,
- the best non-UNIX OS on the market... I could go on, but I think you get the
- point.
-
- >> and with hardware that is "settled"
-
- > Actually, I remember my Apple ///'s chips playing musical chairs..
-
- Actually, I remember buying my Apple IIgs in 1987. That makes 5 years now,
- and not one repair has ever been done to this IIgs (Woz edition).
- We're talking about the Apple II, not the Apple III.
-
- >> and isn't subject to 2000 clones messing up protocal, I highly doubt that
- >> Apple would give up the II line.
-
- > Too late.. they already did. Blame it on that Pepsi dude..
-
- The Pepsi dude is on his way out. Rumor has it he will either 1) be
- on Clinton's administration, or 2) leaving anyway after about 2 years.
-
- >>> If Apple does kill the II line, how will the licensing of software go?
- >>> will Apple be selling the II line to an outside company? a Spinoff? How
- >>> does this go? If Apple will be giving the II the ax, what can we do?
-
- > They did.. about 2-3 years ago.
-
- Hardly.
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