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From: jperkins@uok.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 18-Mar-86 02:03:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 18 02:03:00 1986
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Nf-From: uok.UUCP!jperkins    Mar 18 01:03:00 1986


>>   I have heard (from a friend who has a friend who works at Apple) that
>>the Apple IIx will be released this summer.  I have not yet found out
>>exactly what the system will be (It WILL use the Western Design Center
>>
>For some more information, look at the March 86 issue of Nibble magazine.
>I believe they devoted the editor's column to this issue.  Some very neat
>ideas are put forth as to what this new compuer will have, including the
>
>Rick Greene
>      ...!ihnp4!psuvax1!vu-vlsi!excalibur!188622462

*Seems to me that the editor was putting forth some nice features that
*the advanced Apple // MIGHT have, not WILL have.  I know as little as
*most people about this, but I think it is a little too much to expect
*any compatibility with Macintosh software.  Even if it were possible, I
*do not think Apple would necessarily like the idea.

I believe Infocom also mentioned the //x having the capability of reading Macintosh data. This is either coincidental or these magazines have sources from which they get these messages.

                    The Doctor