Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!wb3ffv!ka3ovk!raysnec!shwake From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m88k Subject: Re: 88k Macintoshes? / New 88k family member Message-ID: <127@raysnec.UUCP> Date: 31 Oct 90 16:37:50 GMT References: <13028@encore.Encore.COM> <1088@dg.dg.com> Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch Lines: 12 twl@cs.brown.edu (Ted "Theodore" W. Leung) writes: >I hope not. This would be a terrible step backwards for Apple, and >the rest of the personal computing world. There are lots of better >things to do with all those 88k compute cycles beside burning them to >run UNIX. Like what, pray tell? Apple's only major innovation in operating systems in recent years is A/UX. How else can one run one's favorite Mac applications while still benefitting from UNIX' functionality? Assuming you're not suggesting running [Multi]Finder (an 88k-based system for such would be overkill), just what do you propose as an appropriate environment?