AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") (03/14/89)
>Date: Mon, 13 Mar 89 08:05:47 GMT >From: The Unknown User > <agate!saturn!ucscb.UCSC.EDU!unknown@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU> >Subject: InCider buyout of A+/Death of Apple II >This is from Denise Caruso's weekly column INSIDE SILICON VALLEY on >the TECHNOLOGY page of the business section of today's (Sunday March >12) San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle > >PLUS NO MORE: In case anyone needed proof that the Apple II's days >are numbered, A-Plus, the award-winning ZIFF-DAVIS publication that >covered the Apple II market for the last six years, has been sold to >IDG in Peterborough, N.H. [...] END OF QUOTATION Gee, does anybody need _more_ proof than that? :-) (I do.) Actually, if you take the statement literally, I agree with it: the Apple II's days can indeed be numbered. We can start with "1" way back when it came out. Based on the "copyright 1977" on the old Apple II ROM, I guess were currently on about 4300, and counting.... >Also I don't understand the logic of Apple taking out FULL PAGE >ads in many newspapers last year looking for engineers to work on the >NEXT GENERATION of Apple //s if they are really going to dump it. Pretty >dumb, I say. Conclusion: They are _not_ going to dump it. Brilliant, eh? I would be extremely surprised to see the Apple IIgs or Apple IIc+ go away. Maybe the IIe will--I really have no idea. It wouldn't be a problem if it did, in my opinion, since you could just get a IIc+ if you don't want slots and a IIgs if you do. >The Unknown User >unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu --David A. Lyons bitnet: awcttypa@uiamvs DAL Systems CompuServe: 72177,3233 P.O. Box 287 GEnie mail: D.LYONS2 North Liberty, IA 52317 AppleLinkPE: Dave Lyons
asd@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) (03/14/89)
In article <8903131105.aa22503@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> AWCTTYPA@UIAMVS.BITNET ("David A. Lyons") writes: >>This is from Denise Caruso's weekly column INSIDE SILICON VALLEY on >>the TECHNOLOGY page of the business section of today's (Sunday March >>12) San Francisco Examiner/Chronicle >> >>PLUS NO MORE: In case anyone needed proof that the Apple II's days >>are numbered, A-Plus, the award-winning ZIFF-DAVIS publication that >>covered the Apple II market for the last six years, has been sold to >>IDG in Peterborough, N.H. [...] END OF QUOTATION > >Gee, does anybody need _more_ proof than that? :-) (I do.) Ditto here. I'll wait until I see my A+ come in the mail. If the statement is true, and if it ends up being an InCider-type mag, it's out the door. A+ has been consistently one of the finest magazines. Remember the days when InCider (I think it was called InCider way back when) had lots of programs for graphics, program cheats (wish I had had that issue with the Ultima III cheater), and useful information!?!? As far as the number of days the Apple II has been numbered, I'd agree, 4300 or so sounds pretty accurate. Sure beats the couple of hundred (if that much) for the PCjr :-) kareth.