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From: q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Cray to design Mac (was 6502 *IS* RISC)
Message-ID: <1990Sep28.112108.165@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
Date: 28 Sep 90 15:21:07 GMT
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In article <1990Sep27.025444.11199@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, jb10320@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Desdinova) writes:
> 
>     This isn't a rumor.  I accept this as fact.  Apple bought their Cray to
> design that system.  My interviewer said everything BUT "88000 box to
> run Mac software" (i.e., he tried to be vague, but I could read what he was
> trying to hide).  Note that the 88000 will work on its own, but will have
> the capability to run Mac stuff so Mac users are complacent about their
> machine's death when it comes in two years.

Here is an interesting little tale:
  At the unveiling of one of the Macs long ago (Gee, there have been so many, I
can't keep up), Apple proudly announced that 'they used a Cray computer to 
design their latest Macintosh computer'.  Semour Cray happened to be in the
audience and stood up and said, 'That's funny, I used a Mac to design my
latest Cray...'


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