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Article #12905MegaMac -- 50 MHz, with caching ???
From: Mark Robert Thorson
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 20:02
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 1990 20:02
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On page 19 or the current issue of MacWorld, there's an ad for a box which is a Mac accelerator. It plugs into a NuBus slot, and is said to give you the performance of a 50 MHz 68030 with 64K cache. I'm wondering how this thing operates. Does it have it's own ROM's? Does it download the ROM code from the Mac? I just don't see how they can avoid violating Apple's copyrights and patent on the ROM code, unless Apple gave them a license. BTW, I notice the ad claims "write-through" caching as a trademark. I wonder what it says about the company, that they would make a stupid claim like that.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!mmm From: mmm@cup.portal.com (Mark Robert Thorson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: MegaMac -- 50 MHz, with caching ??? Message-ID: <31261@cup.portal.com> Date: 29 Jun 90 20:02:59 GMT Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 12