Re: IIcx intro (Mac II dead?)

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From: ra_robert
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1989 19:35

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In article <41ed43da.a590@mag.engin.umich.edu>, mystone@sol.engin.umich.edu (Dean Yu) writes...
>In article <10330147@accuvax.nwu.edu> lentz@accuvax.nwu.edu (Rob Lentz) writes:
>>
>> It is obvious
>>that Apple (and users) see some benefit in the '030, if for nothing other
>>than the on-board cache and the memory management instructions, especially
>>for a new operating system. 

> The reason why Apple went
>to the '030 in their new machines is becaus Motorola sold them the 030s for
>the same price as the 020 if Apple would stop work on their custom RISC
>and use the 88000 when they come out with a RISC machine.


                                                                        
Yes, true, but from what I've heard Apple will almost certainly make use of the
PMM capabilities of the '030 (and for // owners, the 68851) in their new OS. 



Robert
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