Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: New GS ROMS (Sewall%UConnVM.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.Edu> Message-ID: <8908280046.aa18647@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 Aug 89 05:37:42 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 >>>So, what are you holding back for AppleFest -- the MacBoard for the IIgs? >> I've been told that it would be an extraordinary feat >>of engineering to squeeze the entire Macintosh computer components on one card >>in a rather cramped CPU as small as an Apple IIgs, so I've given up on that >>one. > >So they can fit the entire thing into a laptop computer, but not into a //gs. >Hmm... NOTE! The LapMac will require a LARGE lap :-) The thing is 17 pounds, and if the "artist's rendition" in MacWeek is even remotely accurate, it's bigger than your briefcase (but not as deep as a breadbox :-) A Macboard wouldn't require keyboard or monitor and with a memory cache, wait states, and other such chicanery probably could use IIgs memory. Maybe an SE compatible board is beyond today's technology; if so, that would explain why the rumors say Mac+ (remember we're talking K-12 Mac for "under $1000" here ;-) Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] The opposite of artificial intelligence is genuine stupidity! -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)