Re: The Apple II is crap

[Richard Kilpatrick <richard@dmc12.demon.co.uk>]

In message <vGb_a.5466$wg6.5428@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>, M. Pender 
<mpender@hotmail.com> writes
> Yes, I would call it 'abandonment' when the IIgs was discontinued without an
> upgrade path.

Again: Where did XE owners go? Where did C128 owners go? Where did 
Sinclair owners go?

The only computer company to successfully make the transition from their 
8-bit lines to their 16/32-bit lines, with any degree of compatibility 
/at all/ was Acorn. And even then it was pretty kludged.

The II range had a longer run than /any/ 8-bit computer, it was the only 
machine in 1991 that had a direct lineage to the 1977 originals. And 
that was despite Apple's attempts not to just abandon it, but to 
deliberately cripple it.

Richard
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