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From: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Low-Cost Macintosh
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Date: 4 Feb 90 21:58:17 GMT
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In article <1990Feb4.182249.21942@wam.umd.edu> mgenius@cscwam.umd.edu (Sandro M. Fouche) writes:
>This is great! I've been watching this little discussion from the sidelines
>throughly enjoying a good laugh now and again.  Yet I thought I'd make a 
>comment about all this 68030 stuff.  If anyone even thinks Apple would put a
>'30 into a macine for less than $3500 dollars they aren't in touch.
>The idea of a LOW cost chip is to reduce the production of the chip (for
>Motorla) and to reduce the cost for Apple.  A 68000 may be what you want.
>B'ut it's lots more realistc to expect maybe a 68020 if Motorola really feels
>like getting rid of what little maybe left.
>
>  As for color, virtual memory and expansion..etc.  Ha, Ha, Ha.  I have a SE/30
>and I wouldn't reccomend trying that stuff and neither does apple.  I think
>we have lots a people in the audience that have IIcx envy.  As it is the aver-
>age mac owner has too much junk in his system folder to run a decent speed. 
>And paged memory and virtual WON'T help.
>
>	Enough trumpeting, flames on.	
>				
>						Sandro
>

Who knows if we will ever see one.. but ATARI showed their TT
at comdex.  16 mhz (has burst mode and dedicated video ram) 
2 MB 68030 VGA 2 SCSI, 4 serial, 1 parallel, 1 vme slot, DMA port
and ascii port plus 
30 meg fast drive ..  heard prices from $2995 to under $2000...
-- supports 5 resolutions including 1280 x 960 monochrome.

They will be offering AT&T System V 3.2 (.1?) for $300.
Stick the Spectre GCR mac emulator on there.. who knows..
might be a nice workstation...

Of course, with atari..  one can wait a long time for 
a product...

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu