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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 12:05:13 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 12:05:13 1984
Date-Received: Wed, 24-Oct-84 02:16:15 EDT
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Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA
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Just when you may have thought it was safe to purchase a
512k Mac and not have to worry about future upgrades comes
this disturbing aside in the October Dtack Newsletter:
"... the genuine Fat Mack, which was (and still is?)
scheduled for production early in 1985 was to have had
a logic board redesign to quadruple the data rate of
its serial port, for instance. Introduction of the
'Plump Mack' this early reeks of a desparation move to
placate frustrated software designers.
Incidentally, going from 128k to 512k is a 384k upgrade
regardless of what prevaricators may say."
I must include the following subscription notice for
permission to reprint the above:
"SUBSCRIPTIONS: ...$15 for 10 issues in the U.S. and
Canada (U.S. funds), or $25 for 10 issues elsewhere.
Make the check payable to DTACK GROUNDED. The
address is:
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--
Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle
...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve