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From: greg@hoss.unl.edu (Hammer)
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Subject: Re: Cray to design Mac (was 6502 *IS* RISC)
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Date: 28 Sep 90 19:58:15 GMT
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... asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth) writes:
>... q4kx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Joel Sumner) writes:
>
>>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...'
>
>Ah, the way I heard it back when it had come out was istead of
>Macintosh, they had said Apple II.  Course it's been awhile, they
>might have said just 'Apple' which could (and almost always does
>anymore) mean Mac.
>
>-k

I believe I read it in A+ (pre inCider) and it did say Apple II.  Or was
it that a Cray was being used to design the next Apple II, and that an
Apple was used to design a Cray (sans II).  Damn, now I'm going to have to
look up that old issue...

Unless someone will save me the trouble and do it...

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