Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!lsr From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A1000 + LUCAS + FRANCES + Chassis + SCSI + HD + AMAX - experience Message-ID: <5483@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 29 Nov 89 18:19:39 GMT References: <1989Nov28.003433.7505@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 17 In article portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: > 2) AMAX is Mac *emulation*. You aren't getting a Mac II >clone, by any stretch of the imagination. The emulation you are >getting is closer to an SE/030 than it is to a II. You aren't getting >any of the following: A Mac SE/30 has color QuickDraw in ROM. So an AMAX+68020 is closer to a Mac Plus or SE with an 020 accelerator. The other thing you don't get with any Mac emulator is LocalTalk support. That's something which the majority of business users want. -- Larry Rosenstein, Object Specialist Apple Computer, Inc. 20525 Mariani Ave, MS 46-B Cupertino, CA 95014 AppleLink:Rosenstein1 domain:lsr@Apple.COM UUCP:{sun,voder,nsc,decwrl}!apple!lsr