----- Original Message ----- From: Warren Ernst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Vintage Macs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 5:36 PM Subject: 68Ks in non-mac mac-stuff.
> This is EXACTLY true. I worked through college as Tech Support for Beagle > Bros in the early 90's, just as Apple was killing the II and the Mac LC was > the color computer Apple thought people would buy. Beagle got almost no > support from Apple for the IIgs stuff, and to survive, Mac products had to > be created and marketed. > > Ultimately, Beagle learned that being a big fish in a small (Apple II) pond > doesn't get you much in the big pond. No one in the Mac market wanted to buy > products from a company called "Beagle Bros" and had a turn-of-the-century > logo, but I digress. The point is that Apple most certainly did shove > developers and buyers away from the Apple II, and intentionally crippled the > IIgs, to get its overpriced, floudndering color Mac line sold. > I would never do after what Apple did to the Apple II line. > > Warren Ernst > Former Beagle Bros tech support > Technical Editor, PC Magazine > Columnist, CPU Magazing Well, Warren, I happen to have LIKED buying software from Beagle Bros. Then, you had all sorts of funky, fly-by-nites selling and cracking games and stuff from other platforms. We took it not at all as seriously as we do now. Just wanted to be sure that if we bought our next computer after they killed our Vic 20 or TI 99A that we wouldn't have to eat the shareware library again. I undid the wrong of selling my Vic 20 and software last month. I now own it back again along with a larger library of stuff than I had when I got it new. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
