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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: The Apple Trade-Up Program
Message-ID: <15567@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 25 Mar 91 08:58:07 GMT
References: <530.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <530.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) writes:
>... what is Apple going to do with the old II's anyway?

Obviously this would be an attempt to get Apple IIs out of circulation.
IBM used to deal with mainframes that had been traded in for "upgrades"
to their newest models by beating the trade-ins with sledgehammers.  My
guess is that they didn't want cheap alternatives around to compete
with their higher-priced products.