lampson@crvax1.DEC (Mike Lampson - Loc/MS:DDO - DTN 423-6018) (03/01/86)
This is the text from an ad I saw advertising a demo of this
product. I wasn't able to attend the demo as I didn't see the ad
until the day after it occurred. If anyone has a review or pricing
information, please post it.
Thanx,
Mike Lampson
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The Most Powerful MACINTOSH(TM)
in the World
Levco's MacSuper 20 FP
The first MACINTOSH to use the Motorola 68020 chip.
The MacSuper 20 FP is a _true 32 bit machine_ (like
the VAX 11/785), only the MacSuper 20 FP is faster.
The MacSuper 20 FP runs at 12 Megahertz (regular
MACs run at 7.83 MHz), it has a 68881 floating point
co-processor, a 20 Magabyte intenal hard drive and
four magebytes of RAM (using the new 1 Megabyte, 100
nanosecond chips), a SCSI port, and 256K of PROM
space. The MacSuper 20 FP will run most existing
MAC software and it does not void Apple's warranty.
This is the MAC of the future - you will not want to
miss this demonstration.
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"Like a VAX 11/785"????!!? It must cost a fortune between
the 68020 and the 1 meg chips!! :-)
Mike Lampson
Digital Equipment Corp.
Arlington Height, IL
UUCP: {allegra,decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-crvax1!lampson
ARPA: LAMPSON%CRVAX1.DEC@decwrl.DEC.COMkearns@garfield.columbia.edu (Steve Kearns) (03/05/86)
I have heard through the rumor mill that It will cost around 9000 big ones. Additionally, a performance note: Supposedly the Levco people ran the same program on the super mac and an apollo, and the mac was faster. Of course, this is meaningless without the actual program used, etc..., but it is fun to know.