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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Re: AppleSupport(wasre:ughh and the GS
Message-ID: <27215@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 13 Mar 89 19:45:54 GMT
References: <8903122241.aa08619@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8903122241.aa08619@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> RXBROWN@UALR.BITNET ("MR.FANTASTIC") writes:

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>I am d/loading a big program from a bbs. The main thing I want from the GS+
>is speed. I could give up all the roumours(sp?) for 7 - 8 Mhz. Thats all I
>ask for. I have heard that there were not enough reliable 65816's around, but
>how did AE get it to work? And can't Apple do the same thing?

AE doesn't sell as many Transwarp boards as we sell GS's.

Assume that we sell 1 milllion GS's, and AE sells 5% as many AE boards. That
means that all is required for them in order to fill their orders is 20,000
65816's that run at 7MHz. On the other hand, if we were to try to do the same
thing, we would need 1,000,000 of the beasties. If there aren't that many then
we can't fill our 1 million orders, and could only sell 20,000 GS's.

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