Message-ID:: <145@ihu1m.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 19:02:01 EST
Article-I.D.: ihu1m.145
Posted: Tue Dec 4 19:02:01 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 02:44:04 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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Let me try a few what ifs out.....
What if .. APPLE were to use the 16 bit version of the
6502 as a companion processor to the 68020 ?
What if .. They were to get ..hum.. maybe 1 meg in 64k
chips on the mother board. (substitute 256k chip if handy)
What if .. The Prodos and dos source were rewritten to allow
for 16 bit addresses?
What if the 68020 had the 'quick draw' roms available in this
single machine.
What would happen to all those MACs and IIe's out there if
this package were available for about 3000 $$US?
Now before you say I'm crazy or that this would be silly consider:
APPLE uses the integrated WOZ machine to control both the IIc and
the Mac. Whats so hard about swapping some romware electronically
to controll two types of drives. (or for that matter two drive types
under one system)
Many companies already have 68000's attached to II,II+,IIe models.
(Here I must admit that there are about 1000 of these out there max)
So what do all you APPLE people think ??
George Wilkin
AT&T Network Systems
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*APPLE and MAC belong to Apple Computer
Anything I have said here is in no way the position or opinion of AT&T
(or anyone else :-) )