Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!samsung!umich!caen!b-tech!ais.org!jph From: jph@ais.org (Joseph Hillenburg) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Motorolla Personal Computer ? Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 04:58:26 GMT References: <1013@faatcrl.UUCP> Sender: jph@ais.org Organization: UMCC, Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 38 In article <1013@faatcrl.UUCP> jimb@faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell) writes: >I was looking through the latest Scientific American, and on the >front inside cover, there's an ad from Motorolla about their new 88K based >"Personal Computers". There wasn't much objective info in the ad, mostly >marketroid hype and sell-words ("Solutions" agh). They showed a unit with a >screen shot which looked like it was running Open Look. They also mentioned >something called a "Media Engine" chip for graphics and sound. Sounds pretty >close to the design philosophy of the Amiga. Anyone know more about this >thing ? Is it priced competitively with the A3000UX ? > I haven't seen it, but I would guess NOT. The 88k line are high-end RISCS which compete with MIPS R[23]000's, and Intel i860 chips. It'll most likely be expensive as hell. (Kinda reminds you of a Cray, very little bang for the buck, but, boy, thats one HELL of a bang!) >C'ya, >Jim >-- >+--------------------------+ _ >|INET: jimb@faatcrl.uucp | | \ >|UUCP: ..!rutgers!faatcrl!| _| \______________________________________ >| jimb | - ______ ________________ \_`, >+------------------------- + -(_______ -= -= USAF ) > `--------=============----------------` > - - > - - > ` . . - - > .*` .* ;`*,`., > `, ,`.*.*. * > ______________________________________* * ` ^ *____________________________ > IRAQ -- // Joseph Hillenburg, Secretary, Bloomington Amiga Users Group \X/ joseph@valnet.UUCP jph@irie.ais.org jph@albert.ai.mit.edu "Only Apple could slow down a 68030 chip" --Computer Shopper