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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: vaporware
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Date: Sat, 10-Nov-84 19:53:16 EST
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> Gee, the info I have is that Sun has had a 68020 for months now.  I would
> look for them to intro a 68020 board at Comdex next week, myself.

Have they had production quantities running at 16+ MHz?  I doubt it.
And product announcements mean nothing (that's what my comment was all
about, dammit!); it's deliveries that count.  And I would suspect that
Sun may well be on Motorola's "favored customers, get samples early" list.

[Disclaimer:  I have no experience with Sun's marketing practices.  They
may well be one of the few companies that don't announce something until
they are ready to deliver it.]

Actually, I'm told that the 68020 is well into the process of moving from
vaporware to real hardware, so I may (repeat, may) have been slamming it
unfairly.  But the FPP and MMU for it are still vaporware, and that's a
major black mark.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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