Subject: Re: Apple II - how much is it worth? From: Alan Tuttle Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Posted-And-Mailed: yes Message-ID: <010919992008494916%news001@macgeek.org> References: <19990901204205.29663.00003415@ng-fk1.aol.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: YA-NewsWatcher/4.2.2 Lines: 63 Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 06:13:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.31.78.75 X-Trace: news.onlynews.com 936252825 24.31.78.75 (Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:13:45 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 01 Sep 1999 23:13:45 PDT [[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] Actually, Perry, they did... According to the Apple Product Facts booklet, published by Price Books and Forms, Inc., the Apple II was discontinued in December 1982. From June 1979 to December 1982, Apple made and sold both the II and II+ simultaneously. This booklet is a very reliable source of information about discontinued Apple equipment... It is utilized heavily by the computer industry, and is my Koran for my Apple Museum For-a-Day. My copy is dated December 16, 1995, which is when I abandoned retail sales. While I have the book open, here are the other Apple II/III models and peripherals, along with their arrival and discontinuation dates: Apple II August 1978 to December 1982 Apple II+ June 1979 to June 1983 Apple IIc April 1984 to September 1988 Apple IIc Plus September 1988 to November 1990 Apple IIe January 1983 to March 1985 Apple IIe Enhanced March 1985 to November 1993* Apple IIGS September 1986 to December 1992 Apple III May 1980 to September 1985 Apple III+ December 1983 to September 1985 Apple Color RGB September 1986 to December 1992 Apple Personal Modem September 1985 to December 1990 Apple Imagewriter I June 1984 to December 1985 Apple Imagewriter II September 1985 to Present Apple Imagewriter 15" April 1984 to September 1987 Apple Imagewriter LQ August 1987 to December 1990 Apple Silentype January 1980 to June 1984 Apple Scribe April 1984 to August 1986 * This includes the "Platinum" model, which really isn't different from the "beige" model, other than it has less components. But functionally, it is the same. This line is also the longest selling single model of a computer in Apple History. FACTOID: In March 1985, the Apple Laserwriter was released. It had a Motorola 68000 microprocessor running at 12mhz and 1.5MB RAM soldered. Two years running, the Laserwriter and Laserwriter Plus were the most powerful Apple devices made. A Macintosh finally beat the performance of the Laserwriter/Laserwriter Plus in March 1987 with the Macintosh II, running a 68020 at 16mhz. --- Bryan G. Villados Curator, Apple Museum For-a-Day (Hawaii) http://www.macgeek.org/ > I believe that 100,000 to be a grossly inaccurate number regarding the > number of original ][ models. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I find it hard to > believe that Apple would have continued to manufacture and sell the > original ][ after they introduced the updated ][ Plus. > > regards, perry