mustang@spock.UUCP (Neil McNeight) (02/13/90)
I just thought of something... WHAT IF... Apple offered to sell the rights to the Apple // computer to.. oh say.. Applied Engineering. Why sell, you might ask? 1) Apple hasn't done jack $#!+ for the Apple // line. (Flame off) 2) Apple seems to be more Mac oriented than //, even though Apple STARTED with the // (they probably would've dropped it a long time ago except Apple felt they owed it something). 3) Sculley doesn't care about anything having to do with the // (Take THAT, John). Why Applied Engineering, you might ask? 1) AE has a better warranty than Apple (5 YEARS vs. 90 DAYS) 2) AE supports its products better (They still make shift-key modifications, 16K cards, and 80 column cards for the Apple //+ ) 3) AE makes its living on ONLY Apple // equipment (except the Datalink 2400, which goes on Macs and PC's too) Just thinkin' out loud..... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil McNeight |"Does anyone know where the love of God goes" Class of 1991 |"When the waves turn the minutes to hours" Choate Rosemary Hall | -Gordon Lightfoot Wallingford, CT | 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' Real Home: Marine City, MI |--------------------------------------------- Real Life: Still searching | Even!if!I@knew.my.path,I!wouldn't.tell!YOU! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter) (02/13/90)
In article <992@spock.UUCP> mustang@spock.UUCP (Neil McNeight) writes: >3) AE makes its living on ONLY Apple // equipment (except the > Datalink 2400, which goes on Macs and PC's too) Umm...I have a DataLink 2400 in my IIe, and I don't think it will work in a Mac or Messy-DOS machine, unless those machines now take Apple II expansion cards :-) . The DataLink Express, however, will work with just about any computer in existence. I think that the DataLink Express's fax-modem option will only work on the Apple II, though. You do make many valid points regarding AE (such as warranties), but Apple's in the middle of a shakeup. Before we continue in the usual flame war that has become a daily ritual with Apple, maybe we should give the folks in Cupertino time to get their acts together and see if they've magically had a change of heart. Whaddya say? Scott Alfter------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet: cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu _/_ Apple IIe: the power to be your best! alfter@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu/ v \ saa33413@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu ( ( A keyboard--how quaint! Bitnet: free0066@uiucvmd.bitnet \_^_/ --M. Scott, STIV
asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) (02/13/90)
In article <1990Feb12.183522.1641@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> cs122aw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Alfter) writes: >In article <992@spock.UUCP> mustang@spock.UUCP (Neil McNeight) writes: >>3) AE makes its living on ONLY Apple // equipment (except the >> Datalink 2400, which goes on Macs and PC's too) They do sell SIMM memory modules now (right?) too which are pretty much a Mac product. >You do make many valid points regarding AE (such as warranties), but Apple's in As far as warranties go, although I do agree Apples, Sony's, <insert standard 90-day warranty company>, suck major, I've been told that this may be based on the fact (?) that electronic equipment is most likely to fail in the first couple of months. If it doesn't, then it'll probably last forever (or at least a good subset thereof). This doesn't mean the connectors, and things won't break, but the actual circutry and electronics won't. Both my II+ and IIgs never had a problem in the beginning, and they both are still running strong w/o any problems, even despite the few layers of dust in the II+. Or at least that's what I've been told by some guy in physics/electronics I believe. -k
gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) (02/13/90)
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> 3) Sculley doesn't care about anything having to do with the //
(Take THAT, John).
Not quite, it is actually more Jean Louis Gasse's (sp?) fault that there has
been nothing much done with the Apple II, as he IS head of Apple Products.
Gary
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_______________________________________________________________________________cyliao@eng.umd.edu (Chun-Yao Liao) (02/14/90)
In article <1473@crash.cts.com> gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) writes: >In-Reply-To: message from mustang@spock.UUCP > >> 3) Sculley doesn't care about anything having to do with the // > (Take THAT, John). > >Not quite, it is actually more Jean Louis Gasse's (sp?) fault that there has >been nothing much done with the Apple II, as he IS head of Apple Products. > >Gary well, I believe, that if the boss doesn't care what his employee's doing, then what's the difference of who actually did it? or who's fault was that? -- |I want Rocket Chip 10 MHz, Z-Ram Ultra II, UniDisk 3.5 | cyliao@wam.umd.edu | |I want my own NeXT, 50MHz 68040, 64Mb RAM, 660Mb SCSI, | Chun Yao Liao | | NeXT laser printer, net connection. | Accepting Donations!| /* If (my_.signature =~ yours) coincidence = true; else ignore_this = true; */
gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) (02/14/90)
In-Reply-To: message from asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu > They do sell SIMM memory modules now (right?) too which are pretty much > a Mac product. Well, actually I.B.M.'s use SIMMs too, at least the new ones do. Gary _______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-freedom!gsnow | ProLine: gsnow@pro-freedom | Pro-Freedom: (206)253-9389 ARPANet: crash!pnet01!pro-freedom!gsnow@nosc.mil | Vancouver, Wa InterNet: gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com | _______________________________________________________________________________
gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) (02/14/90)
In-Reply-To: message from cyliao@eng.umd.edu >In article <1473@crash.cts.com> gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com (Gary Snow) writes: >>In-Reply-To: message from mustang@spock.UUCP >> >>> 3) Sculley doesn't care about anything having to do with the // >> (Take THAT, John). >> >>Not quite, it is actually more Jean Louis Gasse's (sp?) fault that there has >>been nothing much done with the Apple II, as he IS head of Apple Products. >> >>Gary >well, I believe, that if the boss doesn't care what his employee's doing, >then what's the difference of who actually did it? or who's fault was that? This is one of the reasons that Jean-Louis Gasse is resigning, because Sculley has been blaming Gasses for not producing someting on the lower end of their product line (what some financial forcasters believe is the key to Apples LONG term profitability). NOTE I said that this is just ONE of the reasons that Gasse is resigning. Gary _______________________________________________________________________________ UUCP: crash!pnet01!pro-freedom!gsnow | ProLine: gsnow@pro-freedom | Pro-Freedom: (206)253-9389 ARPANet: crash!pnet01!pro-freedom!gsnow@nosc.mil | Vancouver, Wa InterNet: gsnow@pro-freedom.cts.com | _______________________________________________________________________________