alb@cognos.uucp (Al Belyea) (03/02/89)
I've heard the following rumours lately and I'm wondering if anyone can comment on them? Reasonably Believable: 1. There is a new version of GS/OS to be released at AppleFest. 2. There is a IIGS ROM upgrade to be announced at AppleFest. It is rumoured to be a 512K ROM replacement up from the existing 128K ROMs. It requires the new GS/OS version to run. 3. Claris will release an upgrade to AppleWorks GS at AppleFest. Somewhat Believable: 4. Apple and Applied Engineering have cut a deal to supply the TransWarp GS as a standard card in the IIGS. (somewhat like the 512K RAM card is standard now). This gets the GS speed up to snuff immediately and allows Apple to architect a longer term motherboard replacement. Inconceivable: 5. Apple just purchased 100,000 65832 chips from Western. As usual, any comments, confirmations or denials on these rumours is welcome. -- Al Belyea 3755 Riverside Dr. Cognos Incorporated UUCP: P.O. Box 9707 (613) 738-1338 x3822 uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!alb Ottawa, Ontario "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" CANADA K1G 3Z4
bartlett@asuvax.asu.edu (Gregory M. Bartlett) (03/15/89)
In article <5407@cognos.UUCP>, alb@cognos.uucp (Al Belyea) writes: > > > I've heard the following rumours lately and I'm wondering if anyone can > comment on them? > [rumors deleted] > > 5. Apple just purchased 100,000 65832 chips from Western. > > As usual, any comments, confirmations or denials on these rumours is welcome. > I visited WDC the week this post was made and according to Deborah Lamoree (Their sales manager) Mr. Mensch has just started the design of the '832 chip. > > -- > Al Belyea 3755 Riverside Dr. > Cognos Incorporated UUCP: P.O. Box 9707 > (613) 738-1338 x3822 uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!alb Ottawa, Ontario > "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana" CANADA K1G 3Z4 Greg Bartlett Arizona State University CS Grad(fall 88) WESTNET : bartlett@asuvax.eas.edu BITNET : AUGMB@ASUACAD UUCP : Damnifino PS : Regarding the HyperC posting. We don't get any of the binary groups here but I can reach BROWNVM and all the anon. ftp sites. I haven't seen the HyperC posting at any of these places. Is it on the APPLE2-L (Murphy or Chris), or any of the ftp sites? Thanks for any help.