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From: stevew@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Steven L Wootton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: What processor does a Mac plus use?
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.090539.20268@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 09:05:39 GMT
References: <1991Apr25.211610.6013@omews63.intel.com>
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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In article <1991Apr25.211610.6013@omews63.intel.com> davidn@omews80.UUCP (David Nedwek) writes:
>>>>	Is it a 030?  Or what?
>>>>
>>>	Intel 80486
>>
>>	WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
>>		(someone say 'April Fool,' PL-EEEEase!)
>
>Fear not, your leg was being pulled.
>
>In fact, all Mac's have an Intel 432 under the hood.   :-)

Ah, so that explains it.  The OS is written in Ada.  I knew it had to be
something like that.  Thanks for clearing everything up.

Steve Wootton
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