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From: wogg0743@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Some observations
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Date: 29 Oct 90 07:48:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxa.cso.uiuc.edu!wogg0743    Oct 29 01:48:00 1990


It occurs to me that we may possibly be panicking too soon on the subject
of the Apple II's "death."  After all, whether Macintosh Inc. discontinues
the Apple II or not, my trusty Apple II will remain on my desk.  Nothing
Scully can do can make it disappear.  And I think software vendors can see
that.  I mean, we say that there is no new software for the II, but is this
really true?  Appleworks is up to version 3.0 now.  Several new GS games just
came out.  You can get a scanner for the II line that (on a GS) will do high
speed Optical Character Recognition.  Third party hardware companies are still
developing stuff (RamFast SCSI, Zip chips, AE stuff) to enhance already
existing systems.  All we have to do is to vote with our dollars (ie. buy
some of the stuff) in order to make sure it keeps coming.

In fact, I like it this way.  I don't want an Apple IIgs+, because if one came
out, it would I would probably not be able to upgrade my current system a
(a ROM 01 GS).  I would much rather AE or a similar company come out with a
better video card, etc., which will work with my machine.  But this kind of
thing can only happen if we express our willingness to buy stuff.

So what we should do (IMHO) is stop harassing Apple so much about a decision
that I suspect (fatalistic me) is irreversible and instead work on making
sure that third party software/hardware producers know that there is still
money to be made catering to our needs.

Or that's how it seems to me, circa 1:52 a.m.

'night
Bill Gulstad