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From: rcopm@yabbie.rmit.oz (Paul Menon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II (really SE: A letdown?)
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Date: Sat, 7-Mar-87 20:11:29 EST
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Posted: Sat Mar  7 20:11:29 1987
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    Since my previous posting concerning the colo(u)r capabilities of the
Mac, numerous replies have appeared to the original.  Apologies if my query
appeared after the discussion was over - but it's not my fault if you lot
are so far away from the centre of the universe :-).
    

    Concerning the SE,  
    
    [[*IGNITE*]]

    * 	Why wasn't the SE based on the 68020?
	    [Still working on the ROM/Finder/System?  In essence, still
	    working on the Mac II]
    *	Is it true that there are 2 clock rates available on the SE?
	    (8 and 16Mhz)
		[If so then one assumes this is for a 68020.  By 3rd
	    parties or Apple or Both]
    *	How wide is the Data Path on the SE [16 bits?]

    What I am getting down to is...
	Did Apple intend the SE to be a 68020 machine in the first place?
	
	Are we going to see an SE+, with the obvious upgrade path.  [Please
	don't have the same logic board if it currently has a 16 Bit Data
	Path].

	Was Apple pressured into getting the SE (or for that matter - any
	new machine) out?  Or this another money making ploy.
	
	
	[[*DOUSE*]]

	My own feeling [hope] is that they were pressured into getting
	something out - not by competition (there isn't any), but by...
	    *	Us.
	    *	Miscalculating the 68k/68020 changeover.
		(ROM's, logic board, whatever)

    This isn't so much a flame - it is disappointment in sticking with a CPU
    from the 70's.  Sure it can hold it's ground with rivals, but there is
    something better - much better!  Maybe the corporate sector don't need
    brute strengh, but there are a few of us who cannot afford a Mac II yet
    still want a bit more grunt.  I guess the money is in business eh?

"Apples Follow Gravity"		Issac Newton (1642-1727).

"Gravity Let's You Down"	Talking Heads. (1970's - 1980's - ...)

Paul Menon.

    Dept of Communication & Electronic Engineering,
    Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
    124 Latrobe St, Melbourne, 3000, Australia
 
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