Re: AOL for Apple II

[icssofty@aol.com (ICS Softy)]

>I agree except for the fact that they let GeoWorks sign on. 

Not for much longer.  None of AOL's newer technologies (like the new chatrooms)
will work well with it, if at all.  Much in the same way that the Apple II
client started losing host based features before it was sunsetted.

>My impression is that they deactivated A2 logons but not GeoWorks ones
>because GeoWorks ran on PCs.

Actually, it was because there were still enough GeoWorks users online to keep
supporting them.  But as I already indicated, that's going to change.

>The users were potential customers
>for Windows AOL if they upgraded their PCs and operating systems.

GeoWorks users were probably the most avid anti-Windows I've ever seen.  Even
moreso than Macintosh users.  The only way they'd move onto Windows was if they
were forced to.

Larry :)