Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!ulysses!andante!mit-eddie!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!gilgalad From: gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: They're shipping. Message-ID: <1990Nov21.062510.25201@engin.umich.edu> Date: 21 Nov 90 06:25:10 GMT References: <14917@cs.utexas.edu> Sender: news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews) Organization: University of Michigan Engineering, Ann Arbor Lines: 17 In article <14917@cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes: >From the mouth of a NeXT employee this evening (20 Nov 90), >"The first 68040 systems shipped this afternoon." Highly dubious. Could be developer 040 boxes, but regular machines are absolutely out of the question. The 040 is NOT shipping in anything resembling production quantities. If I'm wrong, then it will be a very pleasant surprise. >- >-John H. Osborn >-osborn@cs.utexas.edu See ya, Ralph Ralph Seguin gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu 536 South Forest Apt. #915 gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 662-4805