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From: rapp@sunMg.tellabs.com (Chuck Rapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac?
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Date: 9 Jan 91 13:45:42 GMT
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In article <1991Jan9.030835.23248@wpi.WPI.EDU> macman@wpi.WPI.EDU
(Chris Silverberg) writes:
>In article <12211@pucc.Princeton.EDU> STENGEL@pucc.Princeton.EDU writes:
>>
>>      What's the scuttlebut on Apple's plans for a 68040 Mac?
>
>According to the Bible, i mean MacWeek, Apple plans to release a
"Tower Mac"
>this summer which will be a 68040-based floor standing model.
>
>             Tower Mac specs:
>
>             > 25 MHz 68040
>             > Built-in Ethernet
>             > 5 NuBus slots
>             > 4 SCSI connectors
>             > 600-watt power supply
>             > Base prise less than $10,000
>
>The Tower Mac will have room for up to 64 megabytes of memory using 4meg SIMMS.
>The price of the IIfx will be cut when the tower is introduced. 
> 
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>   Chris Silverberg                     INTERNET: macman@wpi.wpi.edu

This is a serious piece of computing machinery worthy of a serious operating
system. MacOS 6.0.x is fine for my SE/30 but if I had a Tower Mac I would
want at least MacOS 7.0 but would probable turn to either A/UX or (the
soon to be released) Mach Ten kernel system.






















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