Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a976
From: a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: New computer?
Message-ID: <3516@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 90 13:50:49 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> @ricevm1.rice.edu 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).
>      What I am wondering is this just an unsubstantiated rumor or is is to be
> a reality?  If so, it could really knock Amiga down the graphics list. He
> also
> stated that the target market of this wonderbox is going be the multimedia
> market.  Any info would be appreciated...
> 


I would say that your friend is either a total loony or is pulling your leg.
Firstly, unless that is a typo, there is no such beastie as a 68070. The 68040
just barely hit the market and I don't think the 68050 (if there are plans for
one) is much more than a few scribbled lines on some drawing board somewhere.
Next, with all the features you've named I'd say this new computer would have
to cost somewhere in the neighbourhood of $5000- $6000. Just the ram alone
would cost more than the $1000 you've mentioned.
Also, have you ever heard of a '386 that would actually multitask without
Windows 2.0 or 3.0 running?
So, unless your friend gets re-runs of the Beverly Hillbillies and spends all
his time glued to the set, I'd say you should invite him for a nice drive in
the country and when he accepts, drop him off at the loony bin.
-Ron Tarrant