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In article <1870@well.UUCP> das@well.UUCP (David Shayer) writes:
>>>In article <262@husc6.HARVARD.EDU> hadeishi@husc4.UUCP (mitsuharu hadeishi) 
>writes:
>>>Now that Motorola
>>>has released this chip, they have in *every category of chip* a far
>>>superior chip than does Intel. 
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>To say that Compaq has "released" an 80386 based computer is stretching
>things a bit too, don't you think.  They announced it, but said it would
>be available after January.  This is similar to what Motorola announced.

	Hmmm. According to my brother ( a tech at microsoft ), Microsoft
	just installed over 40 of the Compaq 386 machines. His comments:

		1.	Makes an AT look sick.

		2.	Extremely fast MS-DOS.

>By the way, IBM is said to be readying an announcment in January for
>their 80386 based machine, which will be available in June.  And don't
>forget that a multitasking operating system won't be available until
>around June either.  Until then, these 80386 machines are just big
>fast PC's.  Meanwhile, Apple is readying a 68020 based machine for
>release early next year.

	I have heard (from SCO) that SCO will be releasing Xenix 386 soon. They
	may already have it running internally. When last I spoke to them
	they mentioned that Xenix 286 research was being held back in favor
	of the 386 based machine. An example, they informed me they would
	never release a large model kernel for the 286.

>Isn't vaporware fun!
	
	Yes, but in this case a multi-tasking OS will probably come
	available sooner than most people think. Porting anything written
	for the 286 is a piece of cake. 
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>David Shayer @ the Well