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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: MAC SE w/68030???
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Date: 27 Dec 88 14:36:22 GMT
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In article <1443@cooper.cooper.EDU> joseph@cooper.cooper.EDU (Joe Giannuzzi) writes:
<in article <6101@columbia.edu>, dr@douglass.columbia.edu David Robinowitz says:
<> 
<> 	I have noticed several references to a Mac SE with 68030 coming
<> out soon.   Any info?  Thanks in advance!
<
<	And by any chance would this new Mac SE support color???
 
This report came last night in the Macintosh II Report (Thom Hogan and
Michael Swaine) I corrected spelling errors and put in paragraph breaks.

SEx Marrs Mac II Lineup

Cupertino, CA--Apple has begun privately showing the next Macintosh, which
they intend to introduce on January 19th. As yet unnamed, the model is being 
referred to as the SEx by many Apple insiders, since it is basically a IIx
in an SE box. While the outside of the machine looks no different than the
standard SE (aside from the nameplate, whatever that will say), inside is
a miniature version of the IIx's, including the 68030, 68882, ROM SIMMS,
and up to 8 MB of RAM SIMMs. Drivewise, you get a choice between the 40MB
and 80MB sizes, same as with a II. The floppy drive is a HDFD, which means
it reads and writes Mac 400K, 800K, 1440K, Apple II 800K, and IBM PC 720K
and 1.44MB disks. What about color and the NUBus?

Well, no NuBus, although the SE bus has been extended to 102 pins (up from
96)--perhaps we'll see a third party introduce a NuBus expansion chassis
for the machine. The internal monitor is still monochrome, but surprisingly
the new machine has the exact same ROMs as the IIx, which means they include
the color Quick Draw routines.

The problem with this machine, as we see it, is that it cannibalizes the
current Macintosh II lineup. With an expected price $500 to $1000 less
than a similarly-equipped IIx, the SEx is simply the machine of choice
for virtually everyone except those that absolutely require color video.
Having lugged our Mac IIs around thousands of miles, we've been envious
of the transportability of the regular Mac models for some time--the SEx
looks to be the perfect luggable II.

[they continue moaning about the fate of the II and tell us how they
would have introduced various models]


Shirley Kehr