Re: Pictures of Apple IIGS prototypes and IIsi

[Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>]

On Thu, 9 Feb 2012, Steve Nickolas wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Feb 2012, limtc wrote:
>
> > I have some pictures taken from the AppleDesign book about Apple IIGS.
> > There are pictures of the prototypes and the successor Apple IIsi. Can
> > check out at:
> >
> > http://www.facebook.com/thyechean
> >
> > or
> >
> > http://retromaccast.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=rxq26qsiiir9
>
> "Apple IIsi" ?  That's something I've not heard of before o_O
But that may be garbling, since there was a Macintosh IIsi.

Which of course is the cue for me to tell the story of the first time I 
saw a IIGS live.  I got to a garage sale in the mid-nineties and someone 
is standing over a computer I'd not seen before.  It doesn't matter, he's 
already bought it. But as I move in closer, he says something and I 
realize he doesn't know what it is.  It's a IIGS but he thinks it's a 
Macintosh (obviously, it looked more like a Mac case than an Apple II 
case).

  Michael


> I wonder if it will someday be possible to recreate it virtually...
>
> -uso.