Re: Finally........

["Charlie" <charlieDOTd@verEYEzon.net>]

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> On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:30:16 -0700 (PDT), Don <coach41@pacbell.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Apple II users have been waiting for nearly two decades for this.
>>The Apple IIGS finally has a successor.  Apple formally released the
>>IPhone 3 "GS" yesterday.  Apple, in a press release, said: "It's no 
>>co-
>>incidence that our new phone is named "GS".  We wanted to pay homage
>>to the last Apple II computer model we designed and released".
>>
>>In another surprise, Apple also announced a trade in plan for Apple II
>>GS users.  Apple II users who brought their systems to the Apple
>>stores would be given a credit toward purchasing the IPhone.   Apple
>>II users were seen lining up all around the Bay Area yesterday to pick
>>up their new IPhones.
>>
>>(hahahaha, just feeling silly today)
>
> You really are a dolt given that the "last Apple II computer model"
> was the IIc+ in 1988.
>

The ROM 03 Apple IIGS was introduced in 1989.  You may argue that the 
ROM 03 wasn't a new model but I would say it's as much a new model as 
the IIc+ was and certainly more than the Apple II+ was.

Charlie