Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!paul.rutgers.edu!njin!hubey From: hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: News about AMAX II Message-ID: Date: 8 Feb 91 00:47:54 GMT References: <91022.130813MAJI@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <1991Feb1.235324.14843@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 18 Here are some excerpts from an Inforworld article from a couple of weeks ago: "unlike many other clone efforts, which rely on Apple's Macintosh ROM BIOS for compatibility, Nutek will announce this week a logic chip set and software that will replicate the Macintosh ROMS and systems software.... To avoid infringing on copyrights of Apples's screen displays, Nutek licensed OSF's Motif interface, removing the Unix and X window features.... The technology will be available in the fourth quarter, Chou said. The first computers based on Nutek's technology will not appear for another two or three months, he added... -- hubey@pilot.njin.net | hubey@apollo.montclair.edu | ...!rutgers!pilot!hubey