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Subject: Re: The Woz and the Apple IIGS, //x
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Date: Tue, 28-Oct-86 13:22:22 EST
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In article <557@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU>, ee161abt@sdcc18.ucsd.EDU (Grobbins) says:

>
>The IWM is also in the Mac, as memory serves, so it's not a design
>for the IIc/e/GS.  And Woz wasn't on the Mac team.
>
>My information is mostly second-hand.  Please correct me with direct
>quotes from Woz or the designers, if necessary.
>
>Grobbins.
>
>[Let's see how long it's Apple II Forever now that the II is
> no longer Apple's cash cow.  Or is it?]

   First, the IWM was introduced in the //c, and according to my roomate, an
Apple II owner and follower for six years, that was its original use. It was
supposed to be used in the //x, and it is now in the IIGS.
   As far as I can find, it is NOT in the Mac, and, if you think about it, why
would it be? The disk drive set up in the II series and the Mac are completely
different (can someone verify/disclaim this, as I know not much about the
innards ofmy Mac +).
   As for the rest of my article, the interview with the Woz that I quoted I
believe was in Compute! Apple, but I am having trouble finding the IIGS review
issue, so I may not be correct.
   As for Apple's big seller, it is now the Macintosh line. Big purchases by
companies like Boeing, General Dynamics, and Eastman Kodak have helped (see the
new ads on tv). The IIGS will help, but there probably will not be any buys
that big.
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