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From: david@sun.uucp (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: net.micro.apple,net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: 16-bit Apple //[ce]
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Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 22:06:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 22:06:04 1986
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In article <266@isosvax.UUCP> nate@isosvax.UUCP (Nate LeSane) writes:
>Feb. 17 issue of InfoWorld has article stating that Apple, Inc. is
>shipping a the new Apple //, based on the 65C816(8/16 bit 6502) micro-
>processor, to developers. The system is code named "Gumby".
>
>Not only is this system compatible with all Apple // software, also the
>65C816 supposedly has a 68000 emulation mode which will allow the system
>to execute Macintosh software. The system is being shipped with 3 1/2"
>media.

This is typical Infoworld idiocy.  The 65C816 emulates the 6502, not
the 68000.

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