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From: paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Apple IIe Emulation (was RE: New Macs)
Summary: Posted from Cupertino
Message-ID: <32207@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 18 Oct 90 04:26:56 GMT
References: <33724@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <45729@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: paul@Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
Lines: 31

Here is an article I just found in comp.sys.amiga, where there has been a
lot of discussion about the new Macs (yes, they're paranoid, too).  Read
what you will.

In article <45729@apple.Apple.COM> farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) writes:
>In article <33724@nigel.ee.udel.edu> BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes:
>>   Apparently, the MAC LC, with its IIe emulation hardware available,
>>is an attempt to patch things up with the old Apple II owners, and
>>get them to buy MACs.  [...]
>
>	Not really.  Apple's former hold in the educational market is
>because of the IIe, and the IIe emulation board (which occupies the only
>slot available in the LC) is an attempt to pave the way for entering
>the Macs into the school system.
>
>>                               -MB-
>
>-- 
>+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+
>| Cary Farrier                          | Internet  : farrier@apple.com   |
>| Apple II Systems Software Engineering | UUCP      : apple!farrier       |
>| Apple Computer, Inc.                  | Fax       : (408) 974-1704      |
>| 20525 Mariani Ave.                    | AppleLink : FARRIER             |
>| Cupertino, CA 95014                   |  or farrier%applelink@apple.com |
>+---------------------------------------+---------------------------------+


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