Keatah Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Ha! The dude said "It's also the ultimate hobbyist computer," says Apple vice-president Steve Jobs, lightheartedly. 'The Apple III was conceived primarily to fill in gaps in the Apple II. It will not replace the Apple II by any means. It's designed to enhance it." Wasn't the III supposed to kill off the II ?? Somehow ?? And the III is not anywhere near being a hobbyist computer, never was, never will be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+thegoldenband Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 "Now"? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 now, then, whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Apple III... would love to look into that one a bit more. Basically went as far as the Apple Lisa did. Had one once, just didn't know what to do with it. Found out later that was the home computer of Kevin Flynn in the first TRON movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnusfalkirk Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 AFAIK the Apple III was to be Apple's "business" computer, so no it wasn't designed to replace the II. Unfortunately the III failed miserably in the business community. It did contribute to the II line though, mainly through Prodos, which is a direct descendant of SOS. Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 "Steve Jobs was full of it then as he is now.. " What, worms? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 and cancer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800Lover Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 It was probably a case of Apple and Steve Jobs being shortsighted. Win a few, lose a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LynxVGL Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Read the Steve Jobs biography for the details. Apple II was the bread & butter at Apple until the Mac comes along. Even in '84 the Mac has problems internally at Apple about splitting sales of platforms and OS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 and cancer? Sick and needless comment, hope you don't loose a loved one to cancer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 and cancer? Sick and needless comment, hope you don't loose a loved one to cancer already have. and, jokes are fun. lighten up, sissy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 and cancer? Sick and needless comment, hope you don't loose a loved one to cancer Hi, welcome to the internet. BTW, the word is "lose". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 and cancer? Sick and needless comment, hope you don't loose a loved one to cancer Hi, welcome to the internet. BTW, the word is "lose". *high five* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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+Gemintronic Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) I never heard of the Apple III as an Apple II replacement. Always was waaaaay out of the average consumer price range. Every company wants to go Business 2 Business. Dell thinks it can veer away from its end user base right now. Steve wanted that B2B pie that never really happens. He never learned either: the NeXT certainly wasn't saved by all those Fortune 500 customers. Edited March 9, 2012 by theloon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkhan Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 LOL NE146 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitachi Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Apple III... would love to look into that one a bit more. Basically went as far as the Apple Lisa did. Had one once, just didn't know what to do with it. Found out later that was the home computer of Kevin Flynn in the first TRON movie. OMG!!!!!!!! Must get now. Don't care what it takes. from tron fanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 I was offered 950 for a working Apple /// with Monitor /// and ProFile. And $1500 NQA for the ///+. From time to time they show up on ePay for a little less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitachi Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I was offered 950 for a working Apple /// with Monitor /// and ProFile. And $1500 NQA for the ///+. From time to time they show up on ePay for a little less. Well, I guess I'll have to wait a little bit then. Why so much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 (edited) It's just what the market is going at. I think Apple made only 60,000 of them. So they are harder to come by. My recommendation is to pick up a few non-working units and build one up from the parts. Edited March 15, 2012 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariK2 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 According to Steve Wozniak in his book (iWoz) he bemoans the Apple III at length (he mentioned that Apple Marketing and Executive Leadership designed the computer 'by committee' and that every Apple employee was forced to have one on their desktop even though they would joke about how bad they were). He mentions how local computer dealers couldn't get the Apple III's to work properly and as a result stopped selling them. Most interestingly (to me) he mentions that the engineers were forced to cripple the Apple III (when it was used in Apple II mode there was actually a chip that prevented the Apple II from accessing the additional memory and 80 column width). So - if someone purchased an Apple III thinking that their old software could take advantage of the extra memory and screen real estate they were sadly disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Just a little anecdote.. when I was around 6th grade or so for the local 4-H club youth organization I was allowed to "work" (for no pay) at a local computer store. I remember going in there and the lady demonstrating their new Apple III in the back room and telling me the specs. I would say things like "wow!" even though I had no idea what she was saying (I remember her saying something along the lines of "3 megabits" or something like that.) Anyway the rest of that summer was interesting.. because the main computer guy there who would be sitting there doing work on it.. I'd hear him shout SON OF A BITCH and start punching and throwing things! And then later I'd learn that the thing had lost all his data, and his accounting, and a number of other malfunctions on the Lisa. He once even threw a coffee cup at it. Shit was hilarious. But yeah the Apple III. I was just a kid and had zero clue about it's shortcomings. I only thought that it was so much better than an Apple II, then experienced the cursing of the workers but not really thinking about it. Only later in life did I hear that of it's shortcomings and put 2 and 2 together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariK2 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Just a little anecdote.. when I was around 6th grade or so for the local 4-H club youth organization I was allowed to "work" (for no pay) at a local computer store. I remember going in there and the lady demonstrating their new Apple III in the back room and telling me the specs. I would say things like "wow!" even though I had no idea what she was saying (I remember her saying something along the lines of "3 megabits" or something like that.) Anyway the rest of that summer was interesting.. because the main computer guy there who would be sitting there doing work on it.. I'd hear him shout SON OF A BITCH and start punching and throwing things! And then later I'd learn that the thing had lost all his data, and his accounting, and a number of other malfunctions on the Lisa. He once even threw a coffee cup at it. Shit was hilarious. But yeah the Apple III. I was just a kid and had zero clue about it's shortcomings. I only thought that it was so much better than an Apple II, then experienced the cursing of the workers but not really thinking about it. Only later in life did I hear that of it's shortcomings and put 2 and 2 together. Awesome stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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