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From: bazyar@ernie (Jawaid Bazyar)
Subject: Re: AE Rumors
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In article <13028@ucrmath.ucr.edu> rhyde@ucrmath.ucr.edu (randy hyde) writes:

>Ultimately, we cannot place the blame on Apple for the demise of the Apple II
>line.  The 65xxx   processor technology simply hasn't kept up.  The 65832,
>if it really exists, is too little too late.  25Mhz Zip chips may make a great
>niche product, but you can't get the devices in quantity (in fact, any quantity)
>today.  And it's questionable what the system performance would be like when
>they get stuck in a machine with 80ns RAM.

   Uhh, last time I checked, 33MHz '386s used 80ns RAM.  There's a thing
called a "cache" that interfaces high-speed CPUs and slow memory.
The GS accelerators have one.  You put it together and figure it out.

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Jawaid Bazyar               |"I'm sure K&R have never heard of Mike." 
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bazyar@cs.uiuc.edu          |"That's okay. I'm sure Mike's never heard of K&R".
   Apple II Forever!        |  (discussion about Orca/C)