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- From: spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Subject: Re: Has the 2GS been dropped?
- Message-ID: <17AUG199220551706@vax2.concordia.ca>
- Date: 18 Aug 92 01:55:00 GMT
- References: <3277@carroll1.cc.edu> <1992Aug9.160406.23045@ils.nwu.edu> <1992Aug13.011158.15716@edsi.plexus.COM> <1992Aug14.041938.3473@edsi.plexus.COM>
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- In article <1992Aug14.041938.3473@edsi.plexus.COM>, trimper@edsi.plexus.COM
- (Greg Trimper) writes...
- >I should also add to my observations:
- >
- >As of May, APDA (Apple Programmer's and Developer's Association) has dropped
- >all Apple II Support, Software, developer cdroms, etc, from their catalog,
- >disks, Applelink areas, etc. All gone. They passed the products on to
- >a third party.
-
- Not that it's much, but doesn't the APDA still at least handle and update
- the Apple II Technotes? (existing ones and future)
-
- It's no big shock that Apple is completely breaking away from the Apple II.
- They've been slowly winding down support as far back as 1984-85 and it's become
- much more noticable between 1989 and 1992. They've never _fully_ dropped II
- support, however small, but it's seems as if System 6.0.x and the EtherNet
- card may be the final end of it all. It's all *very* frustrating! At one point
- this time last year (August 1991) they were only days away from announcing a
- greatly enhanced "Apple IIgs Plus" CPU. I know know most of it's technical
- details, and I can assure you that it was basically the "dream machine" every
- Apple II and IIgs user had always wished for! Now unfortunately, Apple has
- turned around and abandonned all that, and the IIGS+ (that never made it out)
- has been replaced with the lesser Macintosh LC II.
-
- I'd be very surprised if Apple Computer did anything beyond their current
- projects for the Apple II (System 6.0.x and EtherNet). Although the GS+
- project for last year was a surprise...it's cancel however wasn't! :-(
- Bill Heinman's Avatar appears to be the IIGS's last hope, and if it successes
- it'll probably have an even greater impact than then canceled IIGS Plus would
- have been... Let's wait and watch.
-
- >Greg Trimper trimper@edsi.plexus.com
-
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