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From: sb@pro-generic.cts.com (Stephen Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: 20 Mhz 65816
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Date: 3 Mar 90 08:01:24 GMT
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In this article, it is said:
>      No, I don't think there's a way to push Apple to get this
> particular part, because, from the article that went around comp.sys.apple
> a few weeks ago, Applied Engineering [virtually certainly the "unnamed
> Texas company that makes peripherals for the Apple //"] has a 2 year
> sole-customer guarantee.

Well, not exactly. Let me check my disk and see...
"The contract stipulates that Fadell cannot release the terms of the contract
nor reveal the name of the company until the chip is in production). In return
for a two-year exclusive in the Apple market, the manufacturer signed a large
purchase order and agreed to pay for a two year exclusive".

I don't see that preventing Apple from buying chips, though it might prevent
another third party from walking in. Besides, it would be in AE's best
interest to have Apple buy the chips... then at least there would be some
committment from Apple that they weren't going to abandon the Apple II. It
would also give the manufacturer the extra volume to lower prices further, and
perhaps develop the chip on 1.0 micron, or GaAs technology.  This sort of
stuff is market driven... There must be a demand, and frankly, AE's demand
would be completely dwarfed by Apple's.

Yes, Apple, buy some chips. Buy lots of chips. And put them into a machine
that we can all enjoy, not just the folks who play at Apple DTS, and have
signed non-disclosure agreements (so they can't say how much fun they're
having on their super-duper IIGS's)!!

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