Re: Apple ///?

[NOSPAM***bjbear@ibm.net (B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin)]

In article <5heg5h$cff$5@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher) wrote:

> In article <3339DBE2.F9@ebicom.net>, 
> Marvin Jason Gallop (mgallop@ebicom.net) wrote:
> 
> : A few months ago, I heard of an Apple 3.  What is it? �
> 
> Apple's failed attempt at entering the business market.

I think the main thing that killed the /// was its exhorbitant high price. 
I've heard of plenty of business places that used the ///; especially
accounting places.  Appleworks would not exist on the // if it were not for
the ///--the original program was called "3 EZ Pieces" and was eventually
converted to the // line as Appleworks integrated software.

> 
> : When did it happen?  
> 
> Early to mid eighties.
> 
> : Why haven't I seen it anywhere?  
> 
> They're comparatively rare, considering that it didn't pierce
> the business market in the way that Apple intended.
> 
> : What can it do?
> 
> Next to an Apple ][, it's a crippled machine.

"Crippled"?  I don't think so.  There just isn't the volume written for it
as there was for the Apple 2 line.  I have a /// and it can do Apple //
emulation quite well with the Emulation Disk, run Print Shop and whatever
right from the /// if needed.  Plus, there's more inputs/outputs on the
back of this machine than I've seen on ANY Apple Computer!

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