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From: marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Apple out of 68030s?
Message-ID: <41398@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 28 May 90 18:44:41 GMT
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In article <26604D72.8001@paris.ics.uci.edu> rbarris@ics.uci.edu (Robert Charles Barris) writes:
>
>  I read this on America Online the other day and was disturbed greatly.
>Can anyone confirm or deny the information in this article? According to
>the date, Apple would have run out of 030s by now.
>
>---begin article
>Subj:  Apple says only 8 days of 68030       90-05-18 20:33:27 EDT
>From:  AFA Candy                             Msgs:  1 (90-05-18)
>
>APPLE TELLS OF 8-DAY 68030 SUPPLY
>
>CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 MAY 11 (NB) -- In an effort to halt a Texas
> [article on Apple supporting Motorola/tells of 8-day 68030 supply]

I believe you misread the article.  Apple uses the Just-In-Time delivery
system--for those parts it can can daily delivery of, it probably doesn't
keep more than a week's worth of that part.  The article stated that Apple
didn't want the '030 ban REinstalled.  Last I heard the ban was still off &&
Motorola was still selling the '030s as fast as they can make them.

So there is no problem with Apple running out of '030s because they can still
buy them.  If the ban does go into effect, I have no doubt that Apple will
secure more than an 8 days supply.

Mark

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