Re: Walker:What happened to it?

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From: Richard Lavey
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1998 00:00

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DESHDUDE (sparkeyz@yahoo.com) led us to believe 
in <01bdc807$c149afc0$e9b531ca@deshdude> that...
> Anyone remember the "Walker"? That crazy looking r2-d2 type thingy that was
> supposed to house an A1200 type mptherboard with a vertical expansion
> daughter board? It just disappeared>:)
> 
> The components and schema must still be drifting around - why cant this
> compact motherboard setup get out into production?
> 

Walker was only a concept, and AIUI was just a rehashed A1200 MB with an
030 and SuperIO chip. It was pretty obsolete in 96. It would be a waste of
space in 98. It got canned due to Escom going bust.
-- 
I think I'm paranoid and complicated. I think I'm paranoid, manipulate it.

Richard Lavey : richard(a)startide(d)demon(d)co(d)uk

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From: richard@startide.demon.co.uk (Richard Lavey)
Subject: Re: Walker:What happened to it?
Date: 1998/08/17
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