frankr@enmasse.UUCP (Franklin Reynolds) (09/25/85)
From Electronic Engineering Times - Monday, Sept. 23, 1985 Apple Polishing High-Resolution Color Macs Apple Computer Inc. is stretching the Macintosh into a series of high- resolution workstations for launch in 1986. The first of the models, dubbed "Jonathan" by Apple engineers, will be a 17-inch, high-resolution-display workstation with trackball-cursor control, internal expansion slots, 11 Mbytes of RAM, and an 800-kbyte micro-floppy; an internal 20-Mbyte Winchester drive will be optional. A SCSI interface will speed development and connec- tion of fast, high-speed peripherals. Unlike the current Mac, future products will have an open architecture and Apple will take a more supportive stance with third-party developers, according to president John Sculley. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (09/30/85)
> From Electronic Engineering Times - Monday, Sept. 23, 1985 > > Apple Polishing High-Resolution Color Macs > > Apple Computer Inc. is stretching the Macintosh into a series of high- > resolution workstations for launch in 1986. The first of the models, dubbed > "Jonathan" by Apple engineers, will be a 17-inch, high-resolution-display > workstation with trackball-cursor control, internal expansion slots, 11 Mbytes > of RAM, and an 800-kbyte micro-floppy; an internal 20-Mbyte Winchester > drive will be optional. A SCSI interface will speed development and connec- > tion of fast, high-speed peripherals. Unlike the current Mac, future products > will have an open architecture and Apple will take a more supportive stance > with third-party developers, according to president John Sculley. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- And I thought Gallium Arsenide was the fastest flip flop on earth! :-) --Chuck -- - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}
bentley@aicchi.UUCP (Bentley) (10/03/85)
Some of the features mentioned in that Times article will not see the light of day. It is not impossible, for example, to drag something around with a track ball, but it isn't Macish. Apple experiments with MANY things...seems that what the Times saw was several toys stuck in one room at once and their reporter happened to look in at the time. The codename Jonathan appears to have been a recycled codename a few months ago; if such a configuration still exists, its codename is probably different by now. My Christmas in January list includes 17 inch display tech and an 020. Attempting to multitask on 68000s (as opposed to 020s) is a lil slow, a lil dangerous, but MUCH bettern 8088s!!! -mike bentley ihnp4!aicchi!bentley My opinions are the same as everyone else's -- at one time or another.