Re: Apple model history?

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 09 Apr 2000 15:07:12 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1) wrote:
>
>>Apple Mega II                           March 1983  (Apple II on a chip, later
>>used in the IIgs)
>
>The Mega II was also used in the IIe card for the Mac LC.
>
>Apple IIe on a chip, actually.  Allows hardware emulation
>of the IIe by providing most of the real thing.

This is what makes me wonder about that date.  How could they have
designed a chip that acted like an Apple IIe before the Apple IIe
shipped?

If it was designed before the IIe then why didn't they use it in the
IIe to make for a smaller more power efficient computer?

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