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From: glenn@gla-aux.uucp (Glenn Austin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 68040 for 68030 substitution (question)
Message-ID: <0E010021.ie0qsb@gla-aux.uucp>
Date: 15 Jun 91 04:29:12 GMT
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In article <676764015.1@blkcat.FidoNet>, Charlie.Mingo.Of.30039/4218@f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Charlie Mingo Of 30039/4218) writes:
>      To give you an idea of the problems involved, I'm attaching a memo
> downloaded from CompuServe, which outlines why DayStar won't be offering 
> a 68040 accelerator until *after* Apple ships its own version, and patches
> the OS to support the 040.

However, they forgot to put in reason #0 why they aren't offering an 040
accelerator:  They don't have one yet.  And they don't have the engineering
team to do it (they left the company).

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