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From: ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Possible Macintosh Clones??
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Date: 14 Feb 90 20:57:15 GMT
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In article <5376@okstate.UUCP> minich@a.cs.okstate.edu (MINICH ROBERT JOHN) writes:
> Apple concentrates on great new highend hardware and System software. ]
>
>Nice idea, but not likly anytime soon. Why? Because what apple would basically
>sell to the clobe makers is ROM. They wouldn't have to sell anything else.
>Now, if I had a reliable source of lots Mac ROMs, I'd be rich. Why? I'd be
>making clones, but not just "I'm the same as a Plus" machine. I'd make a
>fast 68000 based sucker with all the standard ports, SIMM slotts, etc. I'd
>include a real fast harddrive with better SCSI circuitry, maybe even some
>DMA (Direct Memory Acces) circuitry on the side. I'd make it cheap. I'd be
>liekyl to include a 12" monitor as standard (external, of course) with
>optional big monitors. Let's see, all this should come out to about, um,
>$2000. Anyone want one? I do... BUT Apple won't give me the ROMs unless I
>buy the Plus to go with it. (The price just jumped to $3250. Anyone still
>want one?) The TRUTH is that Apple could put together a pretty darn good



You just described an an ATARI ST: DMA port/ 1:1 interleave drives/
can take a simm board (new ones have simms)/640x400 resolution external
and can run 1024x768 on MONITERM.  

Why make one for $2000 then buy the MacPlus for another $1200 when
you can buy an Atari like the above with 1 meg for $600 new..
add another $350-400 for the GCR emulator and the ROMS and 
you have that "fast Plus" for under $1000.. rather than $3200..
and you get color built-in.. not to mention midi ports....


Apple should be able to do it if Atari can....

-kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu