agm@cs.brown.edu (Axel Merk) (08/29/90)
InfoWorld's August 27 issue writes under the title "Next Hopes 68040 Intro Can Regain Momentum" on the front page: " ... the company plans to unveil three new computers - all based on the 25-MHz 68040 microprocessor and one sporting a 24-bit color monitor - on September 18 ..." " ... The new color systm, [...] includes 24-bit video and bundles Pixar's Renderman software..." " ... None of the new systems include the optical drive used in the original machine, though it will be an option. ..." " ... The two monochrome systems have pizza-box-size CPU boxes rather than cubes..." " ... At least two units, including the color system, will include a 2.88-megabyte floppy drive that reads and writes DOS disks ..." " ... The speed improvement of the 68040, estimated to be about three times that of the 68030, and 10 times in floating-point operations, ..." "... Lotus is now putting finishing touches on its Next financial modeling and spreadsheet program, which was written from the ground up for the Next platform, said a Lotus spokeswoman. Code-named Back Bay, the program has cross-tabbing and allows users to collaps and expand data..." "... Word Perfect plans to show its Next word processor when Next announces its new computer and to release it in October or November, according to Pete Peterson, vice president of Word Perfect." "... Ashton-Tate [...] is also developing a next spreadsheet ..." So far the rumors... Axel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Axel Merk "One needs a certain amount of blindness -- -- agm@cs.brown.edu to see perfection" - Christopher Nuzum -- -- (401) 272 2262 -- Brown University -- Box 53 -- Providence -- RI 02912 --