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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga outclassed
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Date: 27 Mar 90 21:16:06 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from thad@cup.portal.com

 
I just read the preview in BYTE about the new Apple...seems as though they did
borrow a few Amiga ideas...I'm not really talking about the SCSI DMA, but the
coprocessors to take the I/O burden off of the main CPU.  Did you catch what
they were using?  6502 chips!  And please correct me if I'm wrong, but I
believe I heard somewhere that 6502s are produced by Commodore.  I also found
it amusing that Apple saw the need for a Video/Coprocessor slot, even though I
t seems wierd that the two functions are combined...one or the other I guess.
 
For the cost of this sucker, add a 24-bit display card, and a nice
moniter...you could buy a Silicon Graphics Personal Iris!
 
GVP should be releasing their 33MHz '030 boards shortly...and they've already
shown 40MHz versions in Europe.  
 
I wonder how many software applications won't be compatable with THIS Mac?
 
Sean //
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