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From: AD1@TAUNOS.BITNET
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Subject: 12 MHz 65816
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Date: 6 Jun 88 16:42:19 GMT
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In article 88052716140BUFS John Stephen III writes:

>In response to some of the question posted recently:
>
>1)Why is Apple buying 12MHZ 65816's?
>
> - There is no such thing as a 12MHZ 65816 so I don't know why (or even HOW)
>Apple is buying them.

Okay.
Incider,January 88,p.17 (Apple Bits):
"Western Design Center of Mesa,Arizona,makes the 65816 chips for the Apple
IIgs.Nobody but Apple buys them,and Apple reportedly has ordered some
newer,faster ones."

>Vaporware,January 88,by murphy Sewall,from the January 1988 APPLE PULP:
>Accelerated IIgs.
>Western Design Center of Mesa,Arizona reports that Apple
>has been buying quantities of the 12-MHz version of the
>65816 (so far the only machine it's used in is the IIgs).
>Could the rumored IIgs accelerator board (see last January's
>Vaporware column) finally be on the way? -Incider January
         ^
        /\
             I found that one on a shelved downloads disk.It answers my own
question about what the 12Mhz chips are intended for (according to 'rumors').

                          AD1@TAUNOS

BTW,What enhancements is the GS+ rumored to have over the GS???

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