Re: Okay (getting my hopes up again) what is this Pippin???'II compat?

[John Le Febvre <John@klatch.demon.co.uk>]

In article: <4fp27u$17um@flood.weeg.uiowa.edu>  snelson@news.uiowa.edu (Steven Nelson) writes:
> From article <5HIoR-z.rocketusa@delphi.com>, by Rocket Press...a Litmag <rocketusa@delphi.com>:
> > All right. Perhaps I'm getting my hopes up again.  Saw in the NY TImes buiness
> > section 2/12 that a Japanese co. is coming out with a product, that they
> > created with Apple Computer that will be called Pippin (sell for @$600).
> >  
> > It will be a comp. that hooks to the t.v. and will have Net and basic comp
> > stuff(figure I: wp, spreadshheets).  It'll be released in the USA this spring.

I heard Pippin was a sort of Sega/Nintendo competitor, using CDs.

> > First thing I thought of when reading this was` could it be the Apple II?
> > Would that be great!  Get graphical WWW software and stuff...

:)

> And this is from the business column in todays local paper.
> "Tiger Electronics, best known for electronic handheld games, will 
>  debut Tiger Learning Computer, a product based on Apple II technology
> that will be priced under $200."

Ah, but is it the relaunched ROM04 GS with 8Mb RAM,RF SCSI,SS VGA 
and WorkStation Card?  >;)
-- 
John.
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