boylan@dicomed.UUCP (Chris Boylan) (02/27/85)
Has anyone heard anything about double density floppys, Apple
offering a hard disk or similar mass storage improvements for
the Mac?
Does the Fat Mac have any firmware or hardware changes over the
128K Mac?
More data please. Thanks,
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Chris Boylan
{mgnetp | ihnp4 | uwvax}!dicomed!boylanward@hao.UUCP (Mike Ward) (03/07/85)
> Has anyone heard anything about double density floppys, Apple > offering a hard disk or similar mass storage improvements for > the Mac? There are rumors going around about double sided, double drive disk systems (giving you three disk drives). No rumors I have heard about when. ("They" say Apple has thousands and is waiting until they have > 100,000 before releasing them). > Does the Fat Mac have any firmware or hardware changes over the > 128K Mac? No rumor: the Fatmac upgrade consists of chip and resistor/capacitor changes. No change to the ROM. Rumor: expect a change to the ROM in a few months. It will be 128K and contain the Finder. -- Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD UUCP: {hplabs,nbires,brl-bmd,seismo,menlo70,stcvax}!hao!ward ARPA: hplabs!hao!ward@Berkeley BELL: 303-497-1252 USPS: POB 3000, Boulder, CO 80307
rjs@trwrba.UUCP (Robert J. Suyehara) (12/05/85)
From the "INTELLIGENCE" column of the December 2, 1985 "InformationWEEK" magazine: Mac To Be Out In The Open Soon "An expandable Macintosh--the cornerstone of Apple Computer Inc.'s plan to make its product line more compatible with IBM's--will be introduced next year, sources say. The first component of the open Macintosh, a 12-inch monochrome monitor, could be out by February. Users can also expect a fully redesigned Macintosh by summer. It will be based on the Motorola 68020 microprocessor chip, and will run both the Unix and MS-DOS operating systems. This beefed-up Mac will feature two 720K-byte floppy drives, up to three expansion slots, and an optional 20-Mbyte hard disk. Initial pricing should indercut the Mac's original price-tag of $3,500."
callen@ada-uts.UUCP (12/09/85)
>From the "INTELLIGENCE" column of the December 2, 1985 ------------ >"InformationWEEK" magazine: >Initial pricing should indercut the Mac's original >price-tag of $3,500." ----- Hmmm.... If these bozos paid $3500 for their Mac, I have serious doubts as to the appropriateness of the word "Intelligence" in the name of the column...must be like "Military Intelligence"... :-) -- J.Callen
billh@hpisla.UUCP (Bill Hunt) (12/09/85)
>> feature two 720K-byte floppy drives, up to three > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Hopefully these are still 3 1/2" drives, if Apple goes back to 5 1/4" > just to be IBM-compatible I'll organize a boycott. > The IWM chip can read IBM format disks, but 5 1/4" should be an option > on the Mac-PC. (Like it is on the Amiga) Relax, it just means double sided 3 1/2 drives. Other vendors have had double sided drives with 720k bytes for a long time. Bill Hunt (hpisla!billh)
ralphw@ius2.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) (12/10/85)
In article <1706@trwrba.UUCP> rjs@trwrba.UUCP (Robert J. Suyehara) writes: >>From the "INTELLIGENCE" column of the December 2, 1985 ... >by summer. It will be based on the Motorola 68020 >microprocessor chip, and will run both the Unix and >MS-DOS operating systems. This beefed-up Mac will >feature two 720K-byte floppy drives, up to three ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hopefully these are still 3 1/2" drives, if Apple goes back to 5 1/4" just to be IBM-compatible I'll organize a boycott. The IWM chip can read IBM format disks, but 5 1/4" should be an option on the Mac-PC. (Like it is on the Amiga)