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From: jtc@latcs1.oz.au (John Catsoulis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple backs new company to produce RISC chip
Keywords: What, no 88k?
Message-ID: <9274@latcs1.oz.au>
Date: 30 Nov 90 03:25:48 GMT
References: <1990Nov28.195451.7400@midway.uchicago.edu>
Reply-To: jtc@latcs1.oz.au (John Catsoulis)
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Organization: Elec Eng, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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gft_robert@gsbacd.uchicago.edu writes:
>Yesterday's New York Times reported that Apple was buying a (controlling?)
>interest in VLSI, a chip manufacturer.  
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>Apple's involvement could be read as a blow to Motorola Inc, which has 
>supplied the central microprocessor for the company's computers..."
>Interesting, no?
>
Sad, I think. I was *so* looking forward to (maybe/hopefully) seeing an
88000 based mac. That processor is a beautiful machine, and I believe the best
that's out there. If you haven't already done so, check out the Motorola
User's Manuals on the 88100 (cpu) and 88200 (mmu).

Ah well, guess I'll have to build my own.... :-)

Pax Motorola!
John.
jtc@ee.latrobe.edu.au