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Home 🍎 News 🍎 The Apple II from Commodore? It almost happened
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The Apple II from Commodore? It almost happened

by Ken Gagne December 12, 2007February 15, 2023

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At a recent panel reflecting on the history of the Commodore 64, which turned 25 this week, Steve Wozniak revealed Apple’s early ambitions to sell the Apple II to Commodore, ensuring stable jobs for Woz and Jobs. Computerworld.com has the full story.

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Editor & publisher of Juiced.GS, the Apple II community's longest-running print publication dedicated to the Apple II; co-host of the Star Trek podcast Transporter Lock; digital nomad at Roadbits.

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