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Subject: Re: What is the Apple ][x From: supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) Date: Thu, Oct 15, 1998 01k31(H Message-id: <19981015043110.19897.00000980@ng37.aol.com> merlancia@aol.com (MERLANCIA) wrote: >What is the Apple ][x (IIx, //x). It was project "Golden Gate". >The project was canned before it was finished. Any info would be appreciated. It was what later became the Apple IIGS. The project was canned, then revived. "Golden Gate" meant a bridge to the future, as in a bridge from the 8-bit Apple II to the 16-bit Apple IIGS. When the IIx project was revived, the new code name was "Pheonix" as in "resurrected from a firery death" or something like that.