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From: alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: The RISK of going RISC
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.120042.7521@elevia.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 91 12:00:42 GMT
References: <1991Jun26.230817.10620@elevia.UUCP> <1991Jun27.133021.3793@pslu1.psl.wisc.edu> <1991Jun27.163259.394@cs.cornell.edu>
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In <1991Jun27.163259.394@cs.cornell.edu> aitken@CS.Cornell.EDU (William E. Aitken) writes:
>In article <1991Jun26.230817.10620@elevia.UUCP> alain@elevia.UUCP (W.A.Simon) writes:
>> [ ... NeXT, IBM, Apple, Motorola... ]
>I was rather afraid when I first heard this that it might mean the end
>of the 88k.  If rumors circulating in this group about the next NeXT 
>are true, this would have been very bad news for NeXT.  But, as
>someone has already pointed out on comp.arch, Ford recently signed
>a BIG order for a microcontroller version of the 88k foor use 
>in its products.  I think this alone will be enough to keep the 88k
>group viable.

	I heard/read about the Ford deal, but I was under the impression
	that it had nothing to do with the 88k, but with ASIC chips...
	Any solid info, either way, anybody?

>						--- Bill.
-- 
William "Alain" Simon
                                                   UUCP: alain@elevia.UUCP