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From: griffith@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Michael Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New computer?
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Date: 13 Oct 90 06:25:08 GMT
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S36666WB%ETSUACAD.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu (Brian Wright) writes:

>     I have a peer that has been telling me about a new system to be coming
>out soon that runs OS/9.  It has/or is going to have a windowing type inter-
>face.  It will have a 256 color display at some fairly high resolution out
>of a total palette of 16 million colors.
>     I have no idea about the sound capabilities, but it probably will be 8 bit
>if not 16 bit sound.  The name escapes me at the moment.  He says this
>fully multitasking/windowing wonder will retail about $1000 including the
>monitor among other things.  It is supposedly running a 68070.  I have neither
>heard nor seen anything about such a system, but he keeps insisting that it
>will be released soon.  The last time I talked to him, he said that
>it would be coming out next month.  It is supposed to come decked with 8 megs
>and a hard disk (I think).

I find myself wondering if this is a joke or just stupidity on your part and
am forced to conclude that it must be a joke, since your other posts sounded
a bit more reliable (either that or you stole someone else's .sig file).
OS/9 does exist and I suppose would be possible. 256 color display is no big
deal. 8 bit sound or 16 bit is no real problem. $1000 should perhaps have a
zero or two tacked onto it, especially if it's running a 68070... :-)

Are you sure that wasn't a 4 gigabyte re-writable optical drive? And gee, with
all that hardware can you possible get by with only a mere miniscule 8 megs
of RAM?

BTW: I wouldn't mind selling you my 68060 box. (I'll sell it to ya for a
mear $700 dollars and it's almost as fast...)


| Michael Griffith                     | If I had an opinion it certainly   |
| griffith@eecs.ee.pdx.edu             | wouldn't be the same one as        |
| ...!tektronix!psueea!eecs!griffith   | Portland State University anyways. |