Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!midway!quads.uchicago.edu!jcav From: jcav@quads.uchicago.edu (john cavallino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Apple CDTV-like Mac? Message-ID: <1991Jun21.164130.14052@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 21 Jun 91 16:41:30 GMT References: <56789@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: University of Chicago Lines: 14 In article rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) writes: >Someone pointed out, the cheapest color Mac sells for $2200 and has a 68020, >even if they replaced the 020 with a 68000 and cut here and cut there, they >still couldn't market it saying its based on MacIntosh technoligy, because >people will look at an $500 unit, and say, "Why's the LC $2200!?!" The Macintosh color graphics kernel can't run on a 68000/10, because it uses the 68020/30/40 bitfield instructions. -- John Cavallino | EMail: jcav@midway.uchicago.edu University of Chicago Hospitals | USMail: 5841 S. Maryland Ave, Box 145 Office of Facilities Management | Chicago, IL 60637 B0 f++ c+ g+ k s+(+) e+ h- pv (qv) | Telephone: 312-702-6900