Let me make it easier for you to understand why there is not more software
for the older Apples and basically why Apple bassicly failed.

Apple was stingy in the beginning years and insisted that they would be the
only ones to sell software or peripherals for the Apple computer. Since IBM
did not discourage other makers of computers and software writers to make
software for their style computers the PC naturally flourished.

After IBM's first few models, they were hurt _bad_ by all the cheap clones that
came out. They went from being "the company" to just the most well-known one,
and a rather expensive one at that.

Apple chose the company over wider platform distrubution. When Apple did get
into allowing clones in the mid '90s, they almost got IBM'ed. The clones were
cheaper and sometimes faster, though not usually the best quality. Apple nearly
went under, and when they brought Mr. Steve back he whacked the clones. Apple
still got to keep their niche markets, sales went up, so the company survives.
Recently they've really big ignoring the education market, and that has me
worried. Used to be nearly 100% Apple user base.

GTO(John)