Re: Apple ///?

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

In article <5hkabo$kv8$2@news.vanderbilt.edu>,
Smarter%than%Spam@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Tilghman Lesher) wrote:

> In article <bjbear-ya023680002903970823460001@news-s01.ca.us.ibm.net>, 
> B.J. Major & Dennis J. Gorin (bjbear@ibm.net) wrote:
> : In reply to:
> 
> : >      As things turned out, the Apple III was a miserable failure and
> : > so was the Apple Lisa. Despite that, the Apple II not only kept the
> : > company afloat, but highly profitable too (which came as a surprise
> : > to management at the Apple Computer). Oddly enough, Apple once again
> : > decided to try and replace the Apple II, this time with the Macintosh,
> : > but yet again their new computer didn't do to well and _again_ it was
> : > the Apple II that kept the company afloat and profitable. By the late
> : > 80's the Mac was strong enough to stand on it's own though, so this
> : > 3rd replacement had worked out. Ironically though, now that Apple has
> : > finally killed off the Apple II, it doesn't look like the company will
> : > have any future. :)
> 
> : That last sentence "now that Apple has finally killed off the Apple //"; I
> : think you need to revisit history.  The decision to no longer support
> : production of future Apple // models was made some years ago, although
> : there is some software support for Apple // still on Apple's FTP sites. 
> 
> The software includes the "current" system software, 6.0.1, HyperCard IIGS,
> and a few things for allowing II's to boot off a Mac Appleshare fileserver,
> NONE of which have been revised in several years.  "Some software support"
> is stretching the definition of "software support" quite a bit.