Re: Apple IIGS deja-vu

[Jeff Thomas <a2forever@usa.net>]

Supertimer wrote:

> Saw something on the news that was like
> deja-vu back to the days of the Apple IIGS.
> Apple is being sued by Apple, the Beatles'
> company again.

The other time was over Mac's sound-synthesising capabilities.

> If you remember, the last time this happen
> was when Apple decided to put the
> Ensoniq sound chip into the Apple IIGS.
> Recently, it was due to iPod and iTunes.

> Apparently, Apple Computers had agreed
> not to produce music related products
> when they were first sued by Beatles.  I
> think the IIGS lawsuit was the second time.
> That would make this recent one the third.

Not quite, Apple did enter the music/audio recording business in 1984-5,
when it bundled "Macintosh: A Guided Tour" on cassette with new Mac's.
"A Guided Tour of MacWrite & MacPaint" on tape by Apple, which included
music!