Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan!amichiel From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: RUMOR: Apple to buy Outbound portable? Message-ID: <4104@rodan.acs.syr.edu> Date: 2 Aug 90 01:52:44 GMT References: <23987@boulder.Colorado.EDU> <90212.185353APPLEREP@MTUS5.BITNET> <1990Aug1.191010.4162@eng.umd.edu> Reply-To: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Lines: 14 >In article <90212.185353APPLEREP@MTUS5.BITNET> APPLEREP@MTUS5.BITNET writes: >>I just got off of AppleLink. There was a press release today that stated >>that Apple and Outbound have reached some form of agreement that lets >>Outbound make and sell their computer without getting their pants sued >>off by Apple. The terms of the agreement were not released, however. >> >>Even though you have to salvage the ROMs out of a Plus or SE to use an The way I read it, apple was abondoning it portable to the junk yard, and buying outbound's portable & putting little coloured apples on it. I'd guess that there wouldn't be any rom salvaging involved/required when there's a strip-ped apple on the case. al