Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!pacbell.com!ucsd!nosc!baron!ryptyde!dant From: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Mac OS Message-ID: <87@ryptyde.UUCP> Date: 22 Jun 91 09:18:04 GMT References: <56352@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <9106161209.27@rmkhome.UUCP> Reply-To: dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) Organization: Ryptyde Timesharing (ryptyde.cts.com) Lines: 21 Responding to the following: >According to BusinessWeek of June 24, 1991: > >1. Apple would get the RS/6000 chip set. > >2. IBM would get a new Apple OS code-named "Pink", which could easily run > on Apple and IBM machines. > >3. Motorola would produce RS/6000 chips for Apple, and become a second > source supplier to IBM. From what I understand, Pink and Blue were two sets of features that were going to be implimented into System 7.0. Because of time constraints, only the Blue features were implimented. System 7.0 is a total rewrite made mainly to be portable to other hardware. Pink features were slated to be added in an upcoming release. This release will be made on both the Macintosh and IBM systems. I was TOLD that it would only run on 486 systems! Obviously, that'd be pretty stupid, since the 486 only adds 6 new instructions, 2 of which are just combinations of previous instructions. I'd assume it'd run on 386 and higher systems.