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From: gaynor@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Mac LC, why the delay
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Date: 16 Oct 90 17:25:51 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.163136.5246@nntp-server.caltech.edu> palmer@nntp-server.caltech.edu (David Palmer) writes:
>
>I was looking at a glossy promo for the new Macs.  Under the LC, it
>said that it did not have FCC approval, and that they couldn't sell it
>until it got it.
>
>They also said the LC wouldn't be available until February

	Apple had originally planned to release the LC with built-in 4-bit
color but, due to market pressure, decided to go with 8-bit.  According
to the sources I have, the delay is related to re-engineering the LC
motherboard for 8-bit color, and getting the FCC approval for the new
motherboard design.

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