Re: Woz's comments on Apple's handling of the II line etc.

["Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>]

"Charles" <spammeister12345@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Guys, it's not a typo. He was referring to the period after the Mac and
> after he left active participation in Apple in 1988.  Go read the
> original website.  He is talking about 1989 thru 1992.

Here's a paste from Apple2History.org.... note the era in question predates
the Apple //e.

http://www.apple2history.org/history/ah07.html

Apple executives also decided that with the introduction of the Apple III
they wanted a clear separation between it and the Apple II in regard to
marketing. They did not want any overlap between the two. The III would be
an 80-column business machine and was predicted to have ninety percent of
the market, while the Apple II would be a 40-column home and school machine
and would have ten percent of the market. Apple's executives were confident
that after the release of the Apple III, the Apple II would quickly lose its
appeal. [4]
Because of their desire for a strong and distinct product separation, the
Apple II emulation mode designed into the Apple III was very limited. The
engineers actually added hardware chips that prevented access to the III's
more advanced features from Apple II emulation mode. Apple II emulation
couldn't use 80 columns, and had access to only 48K memory and none of the
better graphics modes. As a result, it wouldn't run some of the better Apple
II business software, during a time when there wasn't much new business
software for the Apple III.