Re: "The Apple II is DEAD" - Long Live the Apple II

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

Eric S. Ford (ag471@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote:

: Maybe some will call this denial but I dispute the recent posting that the 
: Apple II is DEAD.  I turned mine on this morning and it still works.  I expect
: it will still work when I get home this evening.  True, Apple Inc. may be on
: the verge of dying, or maybe they'll just change their name to Phoenix and
: rise from the ashes.  Since 1977 there have been several computer systems
: on the market which now are no longer manufactured but the systems can still
: be found, in use, by dedicated users.  CP/M clubs still abound in some cities
: but there aren't any major manufacturers of CP/M machines still out there.  If
: we, as a group, focus on the negatives of having to "go it on our own" then
: soon the Apple II may die.  But in the meantime, I plan to keep using my
: machine for what I bought it for -- enjoyment and education.  

I could not agree more. I plan to use my GS until it really dies. Then I 
most probably will get another used GS...

: -- 
: Eric S. Ford    ag471@yfn.ysu.edu

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