Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!o.gp.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jm7e+ From: jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Cray to design Mac (was 6502 *IS* RISC) Message-ID: Date: 28 Sep 90 21:12:44 GMT References: <8139.apple.net@pro-angmar> <1990Sep26.194057.371@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> <1990Sep27.025444.11199@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, <1990Sep28.112108.165@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Distribution: comp Organization: Computing Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 33 In-Reply-To: <1990Sep28.112108.165@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> > Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.apple2: 28-Sep-90 Cray to design Mac (was > 650.. Joel Sumner@vax5.cit.cor (1246) > 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...' NO! I read this is several places, including Time Magazine, that the Cray was used to design the Mega // and other components for the Apple //gs, while Seymour Cray employed an Apple //e to help in designing his next model Cray. .. or has Apple founded the Ministry of Truth to make a few convenient changes to the story here and there..... Soon I'll be hearing that the Mac was the "first personal computer." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ |Jeremy Mereness | Support | Ye Olde Disclaimer: | |jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (internet) | Free | The above represent my| |a700jm7e@cmccvb (Vax... bitnet) | Software | opinions, alone. | |staff/student@Carnegie Mellon U. | | Ya Gotta Love It. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------