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Article #24905Re: Information (well, really MAC Roms)
From: keeshu
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1987 19:10
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1987 19:10
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In article <12056@brunix.UUCP> rjd@nancy.UUCP (Rob DeMillo) writes:
>
>And before you say; oh, no...MacIntoshes are different! I suggest you
>pick up a copy of this monthes MacWorld...the new product out on the
>market is the world's first MacIntosh clone: the Dynamic. It is a laptop
>portable that apparently uses a built in joystick instead of a mouse.
>Now, where do you think those people got their Mac ROMs? Think they
>walked up to Apple and asked real nice?
>
> - Rob DeMillo
> Brown University - Planetary Science Group
>
> UUCP: ...{seismo!harpo}!ihnp4!brunix!rjd
> CompuServe: 73537,2737
The people who made the DynaMac (not the Dynamic) just took a Mac Plus,
and build the Mac motherboard into one of their portable cases.
The rest they threw away. No wonder the DynaMac will cost more than a
Mac Plus!
The DynaMac does not use a joystick (shudder...) but a trackball. You
could use it a a laptop, but since it weighs just as much as a Mac Plus
I think it would be rather trying on your knees.
And yes; the DynaMac people are going to walk up to Apple and ask real
nice if they can have Mac Plus motherboards. Since they are working in
another market segment they think Apple won't mind them making portables
out of carriables.
-- Kees
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!mcvax!nikhefk!keeshu From: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Information (well, really MAC Roms) Message-ID: <116@nikhefk.UUCP> Date: Tue, 10-Feb-87 14:10:01 EST Article-I.D.: nikhefk.116 Posted: Tue Feb 10 14:10:01 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 12-Feb-87 02:07:40 EST References: <870128221041.000016FD.AGDZ.MA@UMass> <12056@brunix.UUCP> Reply-To: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser) Organization: National Institute for Nuclear Physics; Netherlands Lines: 35