Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!sialis!gorf!rms
From: rms@gorf.UUCP (Roger M. Shimada)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Apple IIe Emulation (was RE: New Macs)
Message-ID: <122@gorf.UUCP>
Date: 20 Oct 90 02:34:50 GMT
References: <33724@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <45729@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: rms@gorf.mn.org (Roger M. Shimada)
Organization: Programmers Against Bureaucratic Incompetence
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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.
>
>| Cary Farrier                          | Internet  : farrier@apple.com   |

Indeed.  The Apple //gs really never had much to stand on,
and is a definitive example of too little too late.
(Schools still purchase many //es, one of the major reasons
being cost-effectiveness.)

It was wise (inevitable?) of Apple to create //e emulation
for the Mac.  I see it as a move to ensure Apple's dominance
in the K-12 school market for the forseeable future.  It's
also kinda a pity, as I believe that hardware-wise that the
Amiga fits the needs of that market very well.

I guess C-A can give up any hope of seriously breaking in
to the K-12 school market.

P.S.	Informed sources tell me that the //e emulation is
	excellent.  Good work, people.  (Hi PRW!)
--
Roger M. Shimada	 	rms@gorf.sialis.com -or- rms@gorf.mn.org
			 	[Whichever one might work for you!  :-(]