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From: ditz@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Michael R Ditz)
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Date: 21 Jan 90 02:18:08 GMT
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     The other day I read an article my father gave me from a University of
Michigan Alumnus magazine. (That's where he went to school.)  This is from
the November/December issue.  This should get most of you GS owners excited.
All of this came from a real magazine, none of it is made-up.

     I don't know if it is legal to quote directly from a magazine, so I
will just tell you what it says.  (Maybe a few quotes.)

     The article is about a junior at U of M who designed a "microprocessor"
chip at a company he created with a friend.  The article says that this
chip "already existed but only had eight megahertz capacity."  It never comes
out and says what chip they are taking about, but they do say it will be
used by a company who makes "add-in boards for the Apple IIgs."  (Could this
be Applied Engineering?)  Well, the thing that caught my eye was that the
chip will run at 20Mhz.  They also say that the chip's original designer
wouldn't touch the project.  They continue on to say the design IS done
and that a contract with that add-in board maker in Texas has been signed
with a two-year exclusive large purchase. (Look in an Apple magazine, AE is
in Texas.)  The article also says they can not reveil the name of this
company.  It says this chip will be in production this month.

     Could this be a 20Mhz 65816?  Is AE comming out with a 20Mhz GS
accelerator?!  Sounds like it to me.

     If you were woundering, the designers name is Anthony Fadell, and his
company name is ASIC Enterprises, Inc. (Application Specific Integrated
Circuits.)  If anyone reading this goes to U of M, Faddel is still a
student and lives at the Psi Upsilon fraternity house.  Maybe you can get
a little info out of him?

     All this information is from a real article.  The article was not about
the chip itself, but about the designer, so the exact info was unclear.  If
anyone knows more info about this chip, let us know.  Maybe this is old
news that I missed. (I hope not.)  Maybe the design failed?  We would all
like to know.

      Mike. (ditz@en.ecn.purdue.edu)