🚀 go-pugleaf

Sounds like a good time to rehash my ideas for a mac IIv and the
concurrent plans to split the mac line into two distinct lines.

The mac IIv was a IIcx with a 68000 in place of a 68030, and any other
chips that would be unused removed.  It would be based on a cx
motherboard to reduce development costs and take advantage of
increased production volume cost per unit drops.  The 1-bit video card
needed is already in production, and a standard 800K drive of stock
SE's would be used instead of FDHD drives.

This could allow macintosh to front two lines, a personal oriented
68000 line started by the plus, and with the IIv as a top o the heap
machine.  the 68030 line could be pushed for buisness applications,
begining with SE/30's and with the ci at the top.

Advantages:  The mac keeps the large installked base a machines it
will lose if it continues to push the machine upwards, while allowing
them to continue pushing the line upwards.  the 68000 line could be
allowed to languish Apple ][ style, with only occassional  updates.
The 68030 users benefit by the large software pool allowed by the huge
installed base.  Power programs could be optimized to 68030's to take
advantage of its supperior design...

Any questrion, holes in my reasoning?  Job offers?

paul
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