Re: Obsolete Apple II

[jonINTERNETrelayCHAT@napaVALLEYnet.CLARInet (Jon Bettencourt)]

In article <200001181313.IAA09871@cotse.com>, "Anon" <anonymous@cotse.com>
wrote:

> This message was posted anonymously:
> 
> Nope--from what my legal folk tell me, the Apple II is
> still copyrighted, since we're talking about code in the
> ROMS and in the operating system.  Should Apple decide to
> publically release the computer, then we could start
> re-creating things for it.  (Same discussions we've had
> for no-longer-supported software, isn't it?  However in
> this case, the code isn't on a floppy.  :) )
> 
> Too bad we can't get Apple to do a two-for-one deal.  Both
> the Computer AND AppleWorks released at the same time!

Why don't you just get them to release the computer then write your own
AppleWorks?

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