Re: Most overhyped Apple II product???

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.970611015345.8480A-100000@apollo>,
Donald Lee  <leed@sfsu.edu> wrote:

[snip]

>	So, my question to the members of CSA2 is: Which Apple II products
>did you feel were way overhyped, but never got released or maybe did get
>released, but completely underwhelmed the A2 community and quickly
>disappeared?  If you really, really feel like explaining why you feel the
>way you do, go right ahead.  :)

I nominate the 65816 addons for //e's and //c's. These were to "likely be able
to run the software for the new Apple computer!" according to Checkmate ads in
the '85-'86 era prior to the IIgs rollout. Not so, of course. The only software
to make use of a 16 bit chip in those boxes was some of Glen Bredon's stuff,
for which a 65802 was just as good and much cheaper, and VIP Professional.
All I could ever get VIP to do on my 65802 equipped //e was crash in any event.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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