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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Low cost Macs and The Return of Timex (was Re: Murph's VAPORWARE )
Message-ID: <2788@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 90 13:38:27 GMT
References: <9008270223.AA07322@lilac.berkeley.edu>
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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Did anyone catch this in the Vaporware column?:

Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) writes:
>K-12 Macs.
>The first two models in Apple's long awaited line of low
>cost Macs are set for an October 15 unveiling. 
>...  The
>more powerful color machine, codenamed "Pinball," will be a
>modular design closely resembling the Apple IIgs.  Priced
>between $3,000 and $4,000 with a SuperDrive and 40 Mbyte
>hard disk, the Pinball is based on a 20 MHz 68030.  After
>the first of the year, Apple will introduce a $2,750 20 MHz
>68020 system currently known as the Mac LC.  

Looks like Apple might start to become competitive with the Amiga soon.
What gives? I just can't see Apple selling a 68030 color machine with 
hard drive for around the same price as an Amiga 3000. There has to be a
catch. Probably will be that the floppy drive, keyboard, video card, and
power cord are optional extras, that will cost another $3,000.

--
And something else I saw in Murphy's column:

>Another Sinclair.
>Sir Clive Sinclair is looking for a partner to develop and
>manufacture his design for a 200 MIP bipolar, battery
>powered "hyper-RISC" processor than will use downloaded
>microcode which will enable it to emulate any other
>processor (including floating point I/O and memory
>management).  - InfoWorld 30 July

er... yeah. 200 MIPs. Emulate any other processor. ...rriiiigght!
If he pulls this off I will probably have to dump my Amiga and
run right out and buy one of these machines. After all, it should
easily emulate an Amiga, hmmmm? And an IBM, and a Mac, and let's not
forget ... a Cray! Yeah, we will have the Timex-Sinclair Micro-Cray on
a stick!


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