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- From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel)
- Subject: Re: Apple Press Release - Announcing Performa line of computers
- References: <CMM.0.90.2.716494142.werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu> <D88-JWA.92Sep15203056@dront.nada.kth.se> <26324@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 04:20:18 GMT
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- srinivas@csa2.lbl.gov (SRINIVAS KRISHNAGOPAL) writes:
-
- > In article <D88-JWA.92Sep15203056@dront.nada.kth.se>, d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon Wtte) writes...
- > >> sloderb@iris1.sb.fsu.edu (Mike Sloderbeck) writes:
- > > >>Also, can anyone speculate on whether the 600 could run A/UX?
- > > >No.
- > > Is this "No, nobody can speculate." or "No, A/UX won't run." :)
-
- > >The Performas don't have FPUs -> can't run A/UX. A few drivers would
- > >probably also have to be re-written, and since the Performas aren't
- > >slanted towards government, that'll probably never happen. Just look
- > >at the PowerBook 170; A measly screen driver is all that's needed,
- > >and wouldn't it have been cool to have an X11/System7/UNIX laptop?
- > >But still no go :-(
-
- Yes, this would be neat, and I'm sure it'd sell well
-
- > But, like in the IIsi, an FPU could probably added. I don't know
- > about the driver. Can the IIsi run A/UX?
-
- Yep.
-
- > Any thoughts about the availability of third-party FPU/cache cards
- > for the Performa 600s? (Soon? Never?)
-
- I doubt anyone will come out with a 600-specific performance enhancer,
- because of its market niche, but cards designed for the IIvi/vx (are
- those the new Mac IIs?) might be supported on the 600 if the architectures
- are similar.
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- Thomas Aaron Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu)
- "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty." -- Edward R. Murrow
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