Re: Prices and questions about direction of PPC hardware

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From: Steve Bakke
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 05:21

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In article <rmcassid-2308950813390001@dante.eng.uci.edu> Robert Cassidy,
rmcassid@uci.edu writes:
>It is supposed to mean that Copland != HAL alone. The reasons why Copland
>will take a year, not a month, are far more varied than just HAL. Who
>knows, maybe HAL is only a month task - combat vapor with vapor.
>

Copland is definitely not just a HAL, otherwise they wouldn't bother with
putting
a HAL on System 7.5.  IBM is reportedly helping Apple to put a HAL on
MacOS 7.5
to make it run on CHRP (HRP) machines.  According to MacWeek, they are
well on
their way.

Steve Bakke
Computer Engineering
University of Cincinnati

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