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From: gammal@CAM.ORG (Michael Gammal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: new apple //
Summary: ...
Keywords: apple //
Message-ID: <1991May21.053346.20600@CAM.ORG>
Date: 21 May 91 05:33:46 GMT
Organization: Altitude.CAM.ORG, St-Lambert QC  CANADA
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I picked this up off a local BBS
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Area: Apple II Roundtable -- Note #824 of 828
Date: Sat, 18 May 91 (00:48)
  To: All
From: Eagle-Eyes (Sysop)
Subj: Apple IIgs revival

All--> While I was on GEnie, I caught one of the A2-Central editors online,
        and started chatting with him.  What he told me was VERY
        interesting.

It appears that a new Apple II will be released with the new System
Software 6.0.  This part is a rumor, but there WILL be a new Apple II
released within the next year (and rumor has it that it will be released
along with SSW 6.0).  The A2-Central editor (who's first name I only know
as Chris) told me that the new Apple II will NOT be an "Amiga-killer", but
will be produced for mainly educational purposes.

He said that the new Apple II will come with 2 megs of memory as standard
(mainly for use with HyperCard GS).

When I asked him about the SSW 6.0, he said the following (paraphrasing):
"...SSW 6.0 will boast a similar speed improvement of 40-50% over SSW 5.0,
which is roughly equivalent to the speed improvement we saw between SSW 4.0
and 5.0 (and that's FAST!).  Also, SSW 6.0 will include 5 new ToolSets,
including MidiSynth, the Animation ToolKit, and the Modem Manager."

Another thing he mentioned about the new Apple II is that it might be able
to directly boot Macintosh HFS disks.

When I asked Chris whether these were rumors or not, he said they are NOT
rumors at ALL!  There WILL be a new Apple II released, but when, nobody
knows - not even Apple Computer, Inc.  But, there is speculation that the
new II will be released in conjunction with SSW 6.0.

(Just in case you're wondering about Apple's apparent "change of heart", it
seems that sales of the Mac LC are MUCH lower than Apple had expected.  It
seems that Apple has finally realized that schools would much rather buy
IBMs than Macintosh LCs, which is one of the main reasons Apple has decided
to support the Apple II once again.)

As for pricing, all Chris could say is that prices will be "significantly"
lower than they are now.

Let's just hope it isn't too late to revive interest among developers for
the Apple II...

                Eagle-Eyes

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Michael Gammal		Concordia University    	gammal@Altitude.CAM.ORG