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Subject: Re: 68020 shipments to Apple
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Date: Thu, 17-Apr-86 21:01:13 EST
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In article <1292@oddjob.UUCP> mrl@oddjob.UUCP (Scott R. Anderson) writes:
>In article <3179@ut-ngp.UUCP> osmigo1@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ron Morgan) writes:
>>I recently received word that Motorola has been shipping approx. 30,000
>>68020 microprocessors a month to Apple, along with large quantities of 
>>1-meg chips. Does anybody know what's going on...? If the Mac were to evolve
>>into a 68020-based machine, would there be compatibility problems with 
>>existing software? 
>
>This would be in line with rumors I heard the other day about the
>Jonathon:  a 68020-based, 2-4 Megabyte machine with a 1024^2 bitmapped
>screen.  I'm also wondering about any compatibility problems with
>the larger screen.
>-- 

Hopefully Jonathon will be able to do more than just run Macintosh software
Unix is a likely possibility, given that Apple will want their share of the
'3M' market (1 MIP, 1 Meg, 1Million pixels).  Figure that Sculley means 
'open Mac' in the software sense as well.

Any compatibility problems should be dealt with by the programmer following
the Mac guidelines for software portability.  If software can run on the
Mac XL/Lisa, it should be able to run on any size screen.

Just out of curiosity, how does Jonathon fare in the MIPS/Screen Size
comparison with Mac, assuming the 68020 runs at 15Mhz?  (People say the
Mac processor is nicely matched to the display resolution by this metric.)
-- 
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