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Article #19279Re: Color for the SE? (Is this a dumb question?)
From: Joel West
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1987 05:12
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1987 05:12
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if you ask why Color QD isn't in the SE ROM's, I would like to
add two other points to the earlier observations:
1) Most (all) of the code was written in 68020 assembler,
so there would be some version control problems if a 68000
version were needed for the SE. That adds more development
time.
2) The code wasn't finished until April or so. It would have
held up the SE, which instead was available for retail
purchase soon after the March announcement.
Since Apple gave us the color Mac we'd been asking for, I'd
be willing to guess it will eventually come out with a lower-
priced color Mac. Given the tenor of the comments I've seen
so far, and Apple's pride in technical workmanship, I'd bet
they stay with a 020 minimum CPU, though.
--
Joel West (c/o UCSD)
Palomar Software, Inc., P.O. Box 2635, Vista, CA 92083
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