Re: The Apple ][ was crap

[quadrajet1@aol.com (Quadrajet1)]

>> >They were part of Quantum networks.  They might
>> >have coexisted.  Quantum later launched AOL as a
>> >Macintosh service.  I was one of AOL's first customers
>> >using a Mac Plus.
>>
>> Actually, AppleLink Personal Edition was an Apple II service
>> (hosted by Quantum) that transformed into AOL, still available
>> on the Apple II for quite a while.
>>
>
>I was waiting for them to release Applelink for the Mac as they
>were supposed to be beta testing the service for the Mac but
>then Apple pulled the plug on Applelink before the general
>rollout of the service.  It was then renamed AOL when it
>finally made its appearance on the Mac platform.  I also was
>a tester for Prodigy but I much perferred AOL to Prodigy.

   I was one of the original beta testers for the Apple II version of AppleLink
PE.  Used it on a //e. Then I beta tested the Mac version, and declined to
become a PC version tester. I have been on AppleLink PE/AOL pretty much since
Day One.  Still on a Mac today.

Raymond
Formerly AFA Ray / AFC Ray
Apple II Hardware Forum