Re: Appleworks files on Apple II as

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article jfriess@wctc.net writes...

>An Apple II comes in the following models:  Apple, Apple II, Apple
>II+, Apple IIe, Apple IIe enhanced, Apple III, Apple IIgs (and there
>are at least 3 versions of the gs, of which I'm not too familiar).

    You've included some relatives in that list that do not belong.
The 'Apple I' and Apple III are _not_ Apple II models, even though
they share similarities in design (and despite the fact the III can
run some II software with an emulation boot-disk). 

    The Apple IIgs almost falls in to the same category, but has 
hardware emulation of the Apple II (Mega II chip) built-in. I suppose 
the best analogy would be a Siamese-twin, the Apple IIgs is essentially 
two computers in one, but the second-half (even though it is a separate 
entity) is dependant on the first. You could separate the Apple II half
(as was done with the Apple IIe Card) but you could not separate the 
"GS" half and have it still function. I suppose this state of being 
intertwined makes it an "Apple II". In theory, it may be possible to 
separate the two like a real Siamese-twin, had Apple chosen to advance 
and evolve it, but we'll leave that for another dicussion. :-)

    You've left out the Apple IIc and Apple IIc Plus from your above
list of Apple II models. Those were compact models with many popular
add-ons built-in, but sacrificed slots, and thus, expandability.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca