merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant) (10/20/87)
From Spencer F. Katt's "Rumor Central" article in this week's PC Week:
"Three weeks ago, Spencer told us, Apple got its hands on beta chips for
the 68040--A 64 bit chip! And Sculley's crew already has the 68040 up and
working in a Mac II chasis, running an emulation of the 80286 as a
subregister in the chip.
"That's right, said the Saber Truth Tiger, the chip was running MS-DOS and
Mac programs simultaneously--and very, very fast. The 68040 should also be
able to run OS/2. This Mac could leave the PS/2s in the dust if it could be
brought to market in time, Spencer thinks. But that's a very iffy prospect."
Wow.
Also, by the way, I'm continually being amused by PC Week, the self-proclaimed
National Newspaper of IBM Standard Microcomputing. Looking at their front
page, the headlines read:
"AT&T Reaffirms Its Commitment to Computer Business"
"Esber Vows to Fight dBASE Standardization"
"Personal LaserWriter To Lead Apple's Corporate Change in '88"
"IBM Begins Shipping SAA; Apple Reacts with DEC Alliance"
(This, by the way, is two articles, one on IBM and SAA and the other on
Apple and DEC.)
So, two out of five articles deal with Apple. They also have a very nice
article on Macintosh-to-PC file transfer. Past articles in PC Week have
included their commentator, Jim Seymore, and an article entitled "The
Macintosh: Ignore It At Your Own Risk." They've also done reviews, in their
software columns, on 4th Dimension and HyperCard. A few weeks ago, they had
an article on someone's battle in Georgia's Department of Industry and Trade
to accept the Macintosh. They also had an article entitled "Why the
Macintosh? Corporate Users Speak Out."
I may cancel my subscriptions with MacWeek and Macintosh Today. I get the
best coverage from PC Week, the National Newspaper of IBM Standard Computing.
:^D :^D
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"But I've made up my mind, Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP)
And I ain't wastin' no more time."gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (10/22/87)
I heard a Rumour about the contents of Spencer F. Katt's headline
article next months:
Cupertino, CA (AP) - Apple today announced it has developed its own
Gallium Arsenide version of Motorolla's 68000 chip, which has been
dubbed the 68050. The part runs at 400Mhz. Not only is this a 64-bit
RISC chip, but it also contains vector hardware as well.
Initially, the 68050 will be bundled in an accelerator card for any
Macintosh 128...SE and is priced at $995. Finder 7.0 (dubbed "The
BatchFinder") has been modified to provide a cray-1 emulation mode at a
50% speed increase. Apple has announced a new cray-2 emulation mode
that is available if you purchase the optional cooling unit. The
cooling unit, priced at $600,000, includes a liquid nitrogen
refrigeration vat and longer superconducting cables to use when the
Macintosh is in the vat.
Apple suggests that users who need cray-2 emulation also purchase a
3rd-party large-screen display, since the liquid nitrogen vat
magnifies the Mac's resolution to 70*70 dots per inch.
double-wow. I can't wait for next month's rumour about the following
month's rumour about the following month's article!
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois