Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!van-bc! From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: New computer? Message-ID: <2127@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca> Date: 13 Oct 90 06:37:05 GMT Lines: 72 Return-Path: To: van-bc!rnews In <3516@mindlink.UUCP>, a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant) writes: >> @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. He is neither a loony nor a legpuller. The machine exists, though I don't know of the current status of it, availability or price wise. >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. The 68070 does indeed exist. It is a 68000 with some extra functionality built-in. The numeric designation does not imply that is is a progression of the current 68000/010/020/030/040. >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. The machine he is talking about may or may not have all the features mentioned at the price mentioned, but I would point out that 8 megs, at retail prices, can currently be had for under $600. Wholesale prices can drop this figure considerably, and need not be charged out in the base machine at retail prices. >Also, have you ever heard of a '386 that would actually multitask without >Windows 2.0 or 3.0 running? What's the '386 got to do with anything mentioned here? >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. No, he gets reruns of messages posted to the net about just such a machine (see a separate posting I made tonight rerunning the same posting). If anyone has further questions about this machine, I would be happy to pass them on to (and relay answers from) Kevin Darling via Compuserve (76703.4227@compuserve.com), who is one of the designers. His name should be familiar to most OS/9 fans. -larry -- It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs. -D.Wolfskill +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca -or- uunet!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 -or- 76703.4322@compuserve.com | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+