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In article <HOLLAND.89Sep5134111@m2.csc.ti.com>, holland@m2.csc.ti.com (Fred Hollander) writes:
> In article <10213@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Brian Kendig) writes:
>>My boss told me (so it's gotta be true!) that the Macintosh IIci is due to
>>be unveiled this Fall.  It is cosmetically identical to a IIcx, but chugs
>>along at 25 megaHertz.  
> 
> I don't think it's a rumor.  I thought Apple officially announced that
> it would present this along with the laptop on September 20 (21?) at
> Universal Studios.  Sounds wild, maybe I did make it up :)

According to the local Apple Rep (Raleigh, NC) the IIci and laptop will be 
introduced on September 20.  The laptop will be a 68000 machine, but he said
that they are planning a whole family of laptops (i.e. 68020, 68030, 680?0).
The IIci will be running at 25 MHz and he said that it really screams.  He
had a lot to say about the laptop!

>>Let me attach this with another rumor and suggest that this might be Apple's
>>first machine with multiprocessing capability.  Not multi*tasking*, mind you:
>>multiprocessing means really physically running two programs at once, like 
>>the Commodore Amiga has been doing for years.
> 
> I think there are rumors that it will have a graphics co-processor to
> free the cpu.  Is this what you mean by multi-processing?
> 
> -Fred


As far as I got from him, there will be no difference between the multi-tasking
abilities of this machine with regards to the IIcx.  I don't even think that
there is a graphics co-processor.  He said that there will be 8-bit video
built in, but recommends a video card for anyone doing anything with intense
graphics (that is, anything besides spreadsheets, word processors and the 
like).  He said that the main advantage of the built in video is so that
secretaries won't need a video card to do their normal chores.  Save a couple
of bucks.  Any high-intensity graphics and he says that it slows down the 
68030 too much.

At only ~$1000 more than the IIcx, the IIci should become the main machine
for Apple. (shoot, a 25MHz accel. costs about $1000).  I gotta get some cash
soon!!!!

Andrew W. Markham 			<markham@sunmail.cs.unc.edu>
Computer Science Department			UNC-CH
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