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From: phil@and.cs.liv.ac.uk (Phil Jimmieson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: note in April MacWorld on backlit Portable availability..
Message-ID: <1991Mar7.120352.18549@and.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Mar 91 12:03:50 GMT
References: <CMM.0.88.668206838.werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu>
Organization: Computer Science, Liverpool University
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In article <CMM.0.88.668206838.werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu>, werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (Werner Uhrig) writes:
> on page 17 in "MacBulletin" section, titled
> 
> 	       "Apple Decides to ship Backlit Portable"
> 
>    Apple has solved the memory-addressing problems that delayed the
>    backlit-LCD version of the Macintosh Portable and will announce and
>    ship the machines soon, an Apple representative said (but they don't
>    tell us when he said that exactly, the stinkers! ;-)
> 

But I got one *delivered* to me on Monday 25th Feb, backlight, 4meg and all!
Apparently, Apple changed all orders for portables into orders for the new
backlit portable. The new display is *much* nicer!!

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