Re: What apple ][ is the best?

[louiss@gate.net (Louis Schulman)]

>>In spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:
>>>In article "mflynch" <mflynch@msn.com> writes...
>>>
>>>>What is the best kind of Apple II? (//, //+,//c, ect...)
>>>>E-mail me at prodos3@geocities.com
>>>>
>>>>Tell me what you think
>>>
>>>    Simple. Without a doubt, the Apple IIGS.
>>
>    So what your saying here is the Apple IIGS is not an Apple II?
>It can seem like that, it is very different from any other Apple II
>computer ever made -- it doesn't even look like an Apple II for that
>matter. I suppose the reason you might see it as not being related
>to the Apple II family is because change occurred, it is the first
>and *only* Apple II computer that used new technology. All the other
>models are just minor variations of the original 1977 Apple II. From
>the II Plus right up to IIc Plus, little ever changed.

Yes, to me the GS in not an Apple II.

>    That's a surprise to me. What "modern features" does the Apple IIe
>support? 

Name it.  1.44 drive. SCSI devices. Fast serial transfers. Modern graphics.
There are cards for almost everything.
>
>>I think there has been a real trend towards forgetting about the 8-bit
>>Apples and focusing on the GS.  In the long run, however, it the 8-bitters
>>that will be remembered and honored, and rightly so.
>
>    Die hard 8-bit Apple II users have always been bitter about the
>Apple IIgs. Go read any old copy of InCider or A+, there were many
>letters which complained the magazine focused too much on the GS
>and forgot about the classics like the II Plus, IIe and IIc. The
>thing is the Apple IIGS was and still is the future of the Apple
>II,

The Apple II has no future.  Forget about it. I like it, it is useful and
important historically, it is fun, and more, but its future is an a 
collectible.  The GS is the least collectible, in my opinion.

I understand your point, we just look at these things from a different 
perspective.  BTW, the 8 bit II also supports preemptive multitasking,
when used with a 6809 card and OS9.  In fact, there is a demo program
with the card (that only works on a II+, where the 6502 and 6809 run
separate programs simultaneously, perhaps the first example of multi-
processing on a pc.

>Mitchell Spector
>spec@vax2.concordia.ca

Louis