Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #45517Re: Low-Cost Macintosh
From: Larry Hutchinson
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 00:10
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1990 00:10
17 lines
1224 bytes
1224 bytes
In article <25c8e25c.62bb@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> rcfische@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Raymond C. Fischer) writes: > >The 68030 runs about $200. A 68000 can be had for about $8. Try again. In quantities of 10,000 16MHz 68030s cost $90. I estimate Apple's cost is less than $30. (They were buying 68000's for $6 five years ago.) >As for the 68000 being outdated, nonsense! Video game machines and There exists a growing body of programs that will only run on 68020/'881 level machines. This is particularly true in science and engineering. Larry Hutchinson, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 50-383, Beaverton, OR 97077 CSNet: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<6793@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!larryhReferences:
<126900165@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <25c8e25c.62bb@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!larryh From: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Low-Cost Macintosh Message-ID: <6793@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 3 Feb 90 00:10:22 GMT References: <126900165@p.cs.uiuc.edu> <25c8e25c.62bb@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU> Reply-To: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 17