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That's nice. That would have been around 1990 or something, right? I think it probably was the right choice for them not to put resources into actually releasing it... I don't think the IIgs was doing all that well at that point, and even with pretty significant upgrades by the early 1990s I...

Well, yes! Macintosh was entirely built on the back of the Apple II. This is what allowed Apple to create the new platform, and sustain it long enough for it to become successful. IMO that was the way to go - if you have a successful platform, make money from it for as long as you can - but...

I am always curious about this question... It frankly irks me that the claims about the IIgs, that it could have been so wonderful if only Apple hadn't held it back, are spread so freely and accepted so unquestioningly. I love the Apple II but it was a really old platform by the time the IIgs...