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From: topgun@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Chandra Bajpai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Mac IIci clone
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.025342.26895@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: 10 Jan 91 02:53:42 GMT
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Organization: Brandeis University
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In article <42258@ut-emx.uucp> ifab623@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (moon) writes:
>This is from
>Capital Business section of Austin American Statesman, Austin, Texas.
>Monday, Dec 17, 1990   page 7  without permission.
>
>Cork Computer Corp. a small Austin start-up, has attracted plenty of
>attention with its announcement of the first clone for the Apple
>Computer's Macintosh IIci computer. The compter is designed as a cheaper
>way to substantially upgrade old, outdated Macintoshes. The Cork System 30,
> scheduled to begin shipping in March, has all the features of the powerful
..
> darned expensive because Apple had a monopoly." Corcoran said. "I felt
> they need some competition." Apple has zealously guarded its proprietary
> design for the Mac. Corcoran said his company avoided infringing on
> Apple's patents by not copying the OS. Some computer owners may not be

    Does that mean they made their own Operating System?

> expansion slots; and 4M bytes of RAM upgradable to 8M bytes. It also
> will be the first computer to feature Motorola's new digital signal
> sound chip. Corcoran claims.

  Does anyone know which Motorola chip he is speaking of?


  Wonder how quickly they will be sued by Apple.

-Chandra Bajpai
 topgun@brandeis.cs.edu