Re: Pictures of Apple IIGS prototypes and IIsi

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steve Nickolas wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012, Warren Ernst wrote:
>
> > The IIsi seems kind of like a slot-less GS idea to me. Think of a //c
> > concept, but with a 16-bit CPU and detachable keyboard; it even has a
> > built-in floppy drive like a //c.
> >
> > -Warr
>
> I do believe such a thing was planned, though not necessarily with the 
> detachable keyboard.

Inside a large company, "plans" exist at various levels of
the org chart.  It's possible that the Apple II group proposed
such a machine, but upper management never approved it for
development.

-michael

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