Re: Pictures of Apple IIGS prototypes and IIsi

[Sean Fahey <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

I see some similarities but nothing defintive to claim these mockups as IIGS prototypes. They're just concepts.

Apple's designers and contractors were trying to unify the style across the product lines. It started with the //c right before ushering in the platinum era. Design and engineering elements flowed back and forth between the Apple II and Mac lines early on during that period.

Where you see a IIGS with 'integrated' keyboard, I clearly see a docking station with a detachable KB which might have been something like an Alphasmart. It's more obvious in the side view pic.

The IIsi mockup is interesting - it doesn't appear to be tall enough for slots as it sits.