Re: some questions about the ][

[ScottM@cup.portal.com (Scott - Maxwell)]

>> If so, is there any point to having a ][?  I ask this question as
>> someone who doesn't really know what he's talking about, I'm just
>> looking for info.
>
>    Sure, they are still loads of fun and great to hack away at.  The
>problem is finding one.  You don't (and can't) buy then new anymore, but
>a used //e system will probably go for $250 US or so.  A complete GS
>system can be found for $600 or less.
>
>> The gist of the story was that Apple were trying to freeze out the ][ in
>> favour of the Mac, but at no point did it say that production of the ][
>> was halted.  Are Apple ][s still in production?
>
>    In Canada, no Apple II item remains on the price list (except the
>//e emulation card for the Mac LC series).  In the US, only the //e is
>still made and sold (mainly to schools).

The Apple //e is still in the Apple Catalog as of the current "Late Summer"
edition.

>Brian Tao:: taob@io.org (Internex Online, 416-363-3783, 10 lines, v.32bis)
>::::::::::: 90taobri@wave.scar.utoronto.ca (University of Toronto, 9T4)

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