Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!imagen!atari!portal!cup.portal.com!Michael_J_Ward From: Michael_J_Ward@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Processors--68000 and others Message-ID: <9790@cup.portal.com> Date: 6 Oct 88 07:07:06 GMT References: <5.2348DA1A@mailcom.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 6 XPortal-User-Id: 1.1001.4667 With reference to a message from a person at Moto high-end marketing, the reason the first Macintosh used the vanilla 68000 is that there weren't any 68010's at the time. In fact, the prototype Mac used the first plastic 68000 to escape the Moto factory. Now, I do need to ask the release date of the 68010. How does it compare with the release date of the Mac?