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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Motorola 88K Machine?
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Date: 12 Jun 91 03:46:33 GMT
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In article <1991Jun12.031302.13645@leland.Stanford.EDU> cclloyd@leland.Stanford.EDU (Charles Lloyd) writes:

   (I am new to this newsgroup so forgive me if this is old news.)
   I heard today that NeXT will be releasing a Motorola 88K-based box
   later this year.  Has anyone heard similar rumors?  If so,
   what else can you tell me/us?

As someone posted earlier today, the latest issue of InfoWorld has a
story on the cover about the new NeXT.  It's supposed to contain
Moto's 96002 chip(successor to 560??) as well as the new superscaler
88K, which is rated at b/w 50 to 60 mips @40Hz.  That's what the
magazine said but that doesn't quite seem right.  A superscaler chip
ought to do more like 80-100 mips at 40MHz(I'm not complaining though :-)).

Anyway, it's not exactly a secret that NeXT is working on an 88K
machine is it?  It should be available by this time next year for
sure.

-Mike