Re: Apple II still alive?

[sbdocker@acs.ucalgary.ca (Sean Brendan Dockery)]

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 93 18:30:43 GMT
barker@eneli (Scott Barker) wrote:

>So what company is supporting/producing/selling System 6? As I have said, I
>haven't seen anything for the Apple II around here for quite some time.

There are a number of mail order companies which still sell Apple II
software and hardware.  Pick up a copy of A+/InCider at the local
CO-OP near you (haven't got them at Calgary Computer Books), and
browse through if you are interested in catching up on some of the
software packages still available.

As for the System 6 software disks, you would be best to contact
Resource Central in the US.  They will charge about $15 (US) to mail
you the disks.  The System software is free; you pay for the
reproduction and distribution.

Sorry, I haven't got their address handy.  It is in the CSA2 FAQ, if
you can get a copy.

>I have heard about Unix on a Mac, how about Unix on an Apple II??

There is a pseudo-UNIX software package available for the GS from
Procyon called GNO.  It is a pre-emptive multitasking shell which runs
under GS/OS.  Contact Jawaid Bazyar (bazyar@teal.csn.org) for more
details.

>Scott Barker
>barker@enel.ucalgary.ca
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 14:16:12 GMT
deguzman@after.math.uiuc.edu (A A DeGuzman) wrote:

>sbdocker@acs.ucalgary.ca (Sean Brendan Dockery) writes:
>
>>I still laugh when I think that the current live span of any new top-
>>of-the-line Macintosh is numbered in months, whereas the Apple II has
>>long since outlived the original intended life expectancy.
>
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>
>I don't mean to start a flame war or anythin, but the 'life expectancy' of a
>Mac is not numbered in months. Just because a machine is not produced anymore
>does not mean it is disfunctional (i.e. the Apple II). The SE/30 and the IIci
>still runs the latest System software, both of which I have in my room right
>now.

The way in which I used the phrase "life expentancy" was intended to
reflect the rate at which new models of Macintoshes are being
produced.  It reflected only Apple's practises in the hardware field
and has nothing to do with software.  I can see now that I should have
been clearer. 

It would be crazy for me to dispute the fact that Apple has often bent
over backwards to promote software standards and provide software
compatibility.  And I am not crazy.  :)
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