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Article #28923Re: Rumors about the Mac II +
From: Jeff White
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1988 19:42
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 1988 19:42
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In article <2163@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, ecs165s052@deneb.ucdavis.edu (Greg DeMichillie) writes: > In article <5829@potomac.ads.com> jtn@potomac.ads.com (John T. Nelson) writes: > > > >I hear rumors about a new Mac II called the Mac II plus. Anyone know > >anything about this? > > > > > > Most rumors seem to settle on two different models. The first is a multi-user > vertical standing machine and the other is a single user machine. Both are > supposed to have 68030 (or course) and 68882. From what I have read (particularly in reference to AUX), I doubt that a multiuser Mac will be coming out soon, if at all. All of the articles I have seen say that the toolbox interface is stictly single user only, and that even on the multiuser/multiprocess AUX system, only 1 Mac program can run at once. None of the stories made it sound like conversion for multiuser access to the toolbox would be trivial (like adaption of programs to MultiFinder use might be). Plus, with a multiuser Mac, what do you use as a 'terminal'? Your VT100 won't do the job. You'd need basically another Mac screen and mouse interface (= Mac Plus, SE) for each user. Jeff White Drexel University - ECE Dept. rutgers!bpa!drexel!jeff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!scs!spl1!laidbak!att!mtunx!mtune!codas!peora!ge-dab!steinmetz!uunet!husc6!mailrus!rutgers!njin!princeton!siemens!drexel!j From: jeff@drexel.UUCP (Jeff White) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Rumors about the Mac II + Message-ID: <603@drexel.UUCP> Date: 4 Jun 88 19:42:17 GMT Article-I.D.: drexel.603 References: <5829@potomac.ads.com> <2163@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> Organization: Drexel University, Phila., Pa. Lines: 27 Summary: Doubt multiuser capability