Re: Folklore

["Michael Kent" <michael.kent@a2central.com.remove-bx1-this>]

  To: limtc
> Oh well, Apple II (8 bit) series actually dies and Macintosh takes
> over, until the Apple IIx (16 bit) comes along and becomes Apple IIGS.
 
The Macintosh didn't "take over" from the Apple II until well into the 1990's.  
The Mac was released in January 1984, the Apple IIc in May 1984,
the Apple IIgs in September 1986, and the IIc+ in September 1988.  Which means 
that half of the Apple II variants were released after the first Macintosh.  
In fact, in 1988, and I think in 1989 too, the Apple IIgs
outsold all flavors of Macintosh combined.
 
> I really does not want to argue with you on the slogan, but a computer
> is considered "dead" once it has stopped manufacturing, from the
> company point of view.

Then in that case the Apple II didn't "die" unit 15 October 1993 when the 
8-bit Apple IIe was officially removed from the Apple product line.  That's 
almost ten years after the release of the Macintosh and ten months *after
the "death"* -- not before the release -- of the Apple IIgs.

Of course by that definition the Apple II has in a sense been reborn with
the offering for sale of newly built rev 0 Apple ][ motherboards.

Apple II Forever!

Mike

Michael Kent                                                  Apple II Forever!
St. Peters, MO
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