Re: Apple ///?

[Steve Jensen <sjensen@ns.qnis.net>]

In comp.sys.apple2 ps10600@cedarnet.org wrote:

>The Apple IIGS and the II came to end of the life cycle.  It was not
>feasible to continue the II line with miniscule improvements.  Apple
>wanted to get their Apple II k-12 customers on the Mac via the Mac LC
>to thwart any wintel penetration.  The Mac is the ultimate k12 computer
>than the II is today.  Apple did provide a II card for the LC so
>schools could preserve their Apple II software library and investment.
 
Apple also had a GS card for the LC at that time but refused to sell
it.  My school district would have converted to Macs at that time but
stayed with our GS's due to this decision.  We only buy PC's now.
 
A neighboring school district has been buying up Apple II's from
auctions and yard sales, working or not, to collect a trade-in that
Apple offers towards Mac purchases.  They will probably go into a
hole in the ground at some landfill.
 
Will the Apple II outlast the company?  Time will tell.