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From: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT with an '040
Message-ID: <1712@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 89 14:04:55 GMT
References: <9876@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> <6492@cbmvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: tron@wpi.wpi.edu (Richard G Brewer)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA. USA
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In article <6492@cbmvax.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
>Moto's been claiming that the '040 will edge out the current 88100+2*88200
>in all-around performance.  Of course, the current 88ks only run at 20MHz
>or so....
>
>-- 
>Dave Haynie  "The 32 Bit Guy"     Commodore-Amiga  "The Crew That Never Rests"

It's supposed to be a fast machine - I've hears that Apple's been toying with
the '040 for their new line if Macs, with a New OS Due out sometime this year
(But then this doesn't suprise me, as Motorolla uses Apple's Cray for Advanced
Microprocessor Design...) 

- Richard G. Brewer

tron@wpi.wpi.edu
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