Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!infopiz!athertn!Atherton.COM!dlw From: dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: 88110 rumors Keywords: RISC,faster,88110,Hurricane Message-ID: <35492@athertn.Atherton.COM> Date: 15 Jun 91 00:06:33 GMT References: <530@heaven.woodside.ca.us> Sender: news@athertn.Atherton.COM Reply-To: dlw@Atherton.COM (David Williams) Organization: Atherton Technology -- Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 12 Before anyone gets too excited about being obsolete with their 040 boxes just remember we are dealing with Motorola who had ENORMOUS problems delivering the 040 in quantity in any sort of a TIMELY fashion. While I do hope that NeXT does come out with a screaming RISC version I think we'll be waiting for quite a while before it actually SHIPS. So I think you'll all be banging on 040 boxes for a while. I mean NeXTDimension just started shipping recently and how long ago was that announced? David