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From: cocoiii@hobbes.ncsu.edu (John Vestal)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: MM/1 Opinions and availability
Keywords: OSK, MM/1
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.152645.28865@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 91 15:26:45 GMT
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     The TC-70, and the MM/1 are both in the soon to be shipped
catagory.  I know that the MM/1 will be shipped in kits starting
somewhere around a week, or so.  The TC-70 I don't know, but I haven't
heard of anyone who even has one of these.  I know a couple of
developers on the MM/1, and the OS is very stable.  There will be a
lot of PD stuff include with the MM/1.  From what I have seen, and
heard Interactive Media Systems (MM/1 people) are trying there hardest
to get a lot of useful applications on the MM/1.  Frank Hogg
Labratories (sp) hasn't done that much in the way of getting machine
for developers to work on.  The MM/1 has more standard features than
the TC-70.  You can get almost everything, if not everything, that is
in the MM/1 on the TC-70 at extra charge.  I'm not surre how much it
really matters, but the MM/1 has a 32 bit bus, and the TC-70 has only
a 16 bit bus.  These are all the differences that I know of.  I
personally am going to get an MM/1, you'd have never guessed 8-), but
I have tried to be as objective as possible.  If you have any
questions, just send me some e-mail.

                            Hope this helps,
                                 cocoiii (John Vestal)

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