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From: pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Mac is software - why not on NeXT?
Message-ID: <1990Nov6.114141.3280@csc.anu.oz.au>
Date: 6 Nov 90 01:41:39 GMT
Organization: Computer Services, Australian National University
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There has been lots of discussion both here and in comp.sys.mac.misc about 
Mac v Next, Mac Emulation Mac boards ona Next etc

The thing is that Apple's Macintosh is SOFTWARE. The hardware/software 
combination is put together reasonably well, byut we all know that we can 
buy cheaper hardware elsewhere.

Why can't we purchase "Macintosh" for NeXT, IBM, Suns, VaxStations etc? 
Apple system software and Apple ROMs could not be more than say 20% of the 
cost of a Mac, say $250, freeing all users to run Mac software on whatever 
platform they liked?

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Phil Ryan                                         
ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics 
Canberra, Australia                               
pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au   phone:(61 6) 249 4678   fax:(61 6) 249 0741