Re: A2 is gone from Apple WWW site!

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

In article seldenw@tiger.hsc.edu (Will) writes...
>
>Tonight, during a Farmville Mac, (yes I also have a mac but I also have a
>GS),, user group meeting at school, I asked the Apple Account Executive,
>Eric Moon why the A2 stuff was being removed from the WWW site.  He said
>that since Apple discontinued the 2 six months ago, they are no longer
>supporting it.  Not even by keeping old software on their site.  My two
>cents is that all of us should e-mail Apple (it's worth a shot) and ask
>them to put the A2 software back up.  It really can't take up that make
>space.  Anyway that is close to the official word.
>In my opinion, APPLE II FOREVER.

	Does this explain why the /dts directory (which contained 8-bit
system software, GS System 5.0.4, 6.0, 6.0.1 and all tech-notes, etc) 
is now empty on ftp.apple.com? It seems Apple is making an effort to 
purge any and all traces of the Apple II from the company, in fact I
spoke with nearly a dozen persons at Apple Canada over the past month
concerning an upgrade for my Apple //c. Not _ONE_ person even knew
what an Apple II was, although eventually a I found a message on my
answering machine, from Apple, telling me they haven't had parts or 
service for that system in years, and pointed me towards Quality 
Computers if I wanted support (much good that would do). This took
a couple of weeks of pestering, and I still never got the answer to
my question, just a polite response telling me to go away...

	Back on the subject of online support, I should point out tough
that the 'Apple Tech Info Library' has now been reorganized so that you
can easily locate information files on the Apple II, III and Lisa! To
access it, use Gopher and jump to the University of Minnesota, select
'Computer Information' and then select 'Apple Tech Info Library' (with
some Gopher clients, select other Gopher servers around the world, then
to North America, USA, Minnesota and finally to University of Minn.).

Here's a sample:
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                            Apple Tech Info Library

      1.  A UX/
      2.  About the Tech Info Library/
 -->  3.  Apple II Hardware/
      4.  Apple II Software/
      5.  Apple III Software and Hardware/
      (Mac/Lisa paths snipped...)

			    Apple II Hardware

 -->  1.  AShare File Srvr-Apl II Net St.
      2.  Apl Equip Locating Screws Used.
      3.  Apl Equip-Care - Cleaning Info.
      4.  Apl2 2 + HW Issue/
      5.  Apl2 Prphrl Expn Slots/
      6.  Apl2c&2c + HW Issue/
      7.  Apple II Expansion Cards/
      8.  Apple II Family/
      9.  Apple II Family- Cycle Speeds.
      10. Apple II-Sources of Used Equip.
      11. Apple II-Understanding the II.
      12. Apple IIGS Hardware Issues/
      13. Apple IIGS- Description.
      14. Apple IIe Hardware Issues/
      15. Apple IIe- Description.
      16. Cnct Prntrs-Apl2c-2c +/
      17. Daisy Chain Intrface Brd-MisPrt.
      18. Hardware Specifications/
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This should really be added to the Apple II FAQ file (is it?), as there's
quite a wealth of information here and navagating it is exteremly simple,
just select the topic using the up/down arrows and press return. There is
much information available here I've not seen anywhere else (ie, reference
to two version of ROM 3 firmware, Apple III hardware info, etc).


>Will Selden                                    Hampden-Sydney College
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>        "The wrong thing is the right thing until you lose control."
>                            Jimmy Buffett
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Mitchell Spector
spector@vax2.concordia.ca