Where do you get that 512Ke discontinued date?
It all depends on which schools you're talking about. Jobs made education sales a priority, especially after the first 6 months when the 128Ks were piling up in the warehouse. It was a way to alleviate inventory and target education which Apple had long since recognized the value of. When I was in college there were all kinds of incentives and discounts to buy 128Ks, and 512Ks, not to mention the ones sold at considerable discount to the school. In fact there was not an Apple II to be found anywhere on my campus. Just Macs and PCs. Whle I couldn't afford a 128K new, the considerable discount offered the guy I did buy it used from, allowed me to afford it when he upgraded to his Plus, also through such programs.
It all depends on which schools you're talking about. Jobs made education sales a priority, especially after the first 6 months when the 128Ks were piling up in the warehouse. It was a way to alleviate inventory and target education which Apple had long since recognized the value of. When I was in college there were all kinds of incentives and discounts to buy 128Ks, and 512Ks, not to mention the ones sold at considerable discount to the school. In fact there was not an Apple II to be found anywhere on my campus. Just Macs and PCs. Whle I couldn't afford a 128K new, the considerable discount offered the guy I did buy it used from, allowed me to afford it when he upgraded to his Plus, also through such programs.