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Article #33013Re: Processors--68000 and others
From: Tom Johnson
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1988 13:41
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1988 13:41
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In article <9790@cup.portal.com> Michael_J_Ward@cup.portal.com writes: >With reference to a message from a person at Moto high-end marketing, the >reason the first Macintosh used the vanilla 68000 is that there weren't >any 68010's at the time. In fact, the prototype Mac used the first plastic >68000 to escape the Moto factory. > Now, I do need to ask the release date of the 68010. How does it >compare with the release date of the Mac? The 68010 was released for full quanitity production in December of 1982. Certain customers of course could get sample quanitites quite a bit earlier. tomj@oakhill.UUCP
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!gatech!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!tomj From: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Processors--68000 and others Keywords: 68010 Release Date Message-ID: <1537@oakhill.UUCP> Date: 7 Oct 88 13:41:07 GMT References: <5.2348DA1A@mailcom.UUCP> <9790@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: tomj@oakhill.UUCP (Tom Johnson) Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin Tx. Lines: 12