Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!galaxy.rutgers.edu!andromeda.rutgers.edu!bradley From: bradley@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Eugene Bradley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Low-Cost Macintosh Keywords: cheap, affordable Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 90 16:13:07 GMT References: <126900165@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <1871@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Sender: news@galaxy.rutgers.edu Reply-To: bradley@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Eugene Bradley) Distribution: na Organization: Rutgers University, Newark (aka Crime City), NJ Lines: 52 Why not have Macintosh clones like the people at MeSsy-DOS have? Too bad I don't know how to program a mac, but if I did, I would design a 68050 and sell the circuit for $1!!! I'd sell the computer itself (including MS-Works on a 50-meg hard drive [which I can build]) for about $500. P.S. It would be compatible with a Mac IIci and can run *all* software *with no patches necessary*. Its name: The Zetra X computer. Yes, the Zetra X computer can let you use DA's, fonts, FKEYs, CDEVs, whatever the overpriced Mac can do (and more, for half the cost of a Plus). 5 SCSI ports are included, along with *10* NuBus expansion slots. You can use the LaserWriter printers for printing, or use our PostScript printer (with *50* fonts in memory and with its own hard disk [~100 MB] so that you can store your own fonts, which I will give away for free!). The cost of the printer (which has ATM built-in the ROM [in the system and the printer]): *$125.30*!!! Oh, and if you need a cheap, *Hayes-compatible* modem, it can emulate any speed (combined with MS-Works' communications component) from 300 baud to 10e+07 baud! The cost: *$99.43*!!! As for monitors, you can use our *$10* monitor (a 13-incher, with the power to display > 1,000,000 colors and in *48-bit* mode) included with the system, and for another *$2*, I can give you a 19-inch monitor with the power to display > 10,000,000 colors and in *72-bit* mode. The circuits will be a *100-MHz* 68050 w/ PMMU and virtual memory. I will also have a 68885 math co-processor which I will build (the co-processor will run @ *75-MHz*). I will also have 64-bit QuickDraw built into the ROM and a "uni-patch" that will make *all* programs written for the Mac run on my Zetra *without* having to add any patches to the software. As for a disk drive, I will build a *500-GB* HD with 250ns access time. A disk drive (which I will also build) will hold > 4MB of info. You can use any 3.5 or 5.25 inch disk. If your disk is a SS/SD, it will hold 1.5 MB of info; SS/DD will hold 2.2 MB of memory; DS/DD will hold 3.0 MB of memory; and DS/HD will hold 4 MB of memory. Speaking of MB, my computer will have 25 MB of memory *standard*, with the ability to expand to 50 MB. N.B. You can customize my computer with as many utilities (software and hardware) as much as you like. Send replies/flames to the address below or to the net, which I read often. Remember, this is IMHO. bradley@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Eugene Bradley) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"May you never have to hear surf music again!">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -Jimi Hendrix