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From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
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Subject: Re: Splitting Up Comp.Sys.Amiga--An old idea
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Date: 29 Dec 89 23:12:41 GMT
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In article <&_F+L.@splut.conmicro.com> (Jay Maynard) writes:
>Having just read in todays paper that Commodore has decided to
>drop the Amiga from its product line up, isn't it about time to
>create comp.sys.orphans for it and various other computing flivvers ?

No, no, no. It wasn't Commodore, it was Apple Computer! They are dropping
the Macintosh line in order to concentrate on the Apple II GS. John Sculley
was quoted as saying "Recent downturns in the price of Apple stock and the
Xerox litigation have sent a clear signal to management at Apple. Our 
stockholders have shown us that they want us to return to our roots. And 
our roots are with the Apple II, our most successful computer to date." 
In a related annoucement, Apple said that Jean Louis-Gasse was leaving 
the company to join NeXT and manage the development of the NeXT IIcj 
computer. This computer is rumored to be a 68040 based, with a single tasking 
operating system which resembles the Mac OS strongly. Mssr. Gasse was
quoted as saying "The 68040 chip is so powerful it can refresh the screen,
poll the keyboard, floppy disk, hard disk, and mouse, all in less than a
60th of a second. This level of performance will give users an instantaneous
response to their keypresses and mouse clicks."

At least that is how I read it.

And for those who think I'm being serious, your wrong.

--Chuck McManis
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