Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-bee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve From: eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: mac compatibles ? Message-ID: <269@ssc-bee.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 16:15:50 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-bee.269 Posted: Wed Nov 28 16:15:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:30:27 EST References: <91@vectron.UUCP> <1807@sun.uucp> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 31 > > Is any company out there coming out with a Mac compatible ? Why would anyone want to come out with a Mac compatible? The Mac has been less than an overwhelming success. Apple is not selling as many as they predicted and software is scarce. Developers complain of the difficulty of interfacing with the Mac internals, and hardware designers are severely limited. Apple is scrambling to redesign the closed Mac to meet market demands meanwhile angering the current owners. Hell, the Mac isn't even software compatible with itself. Software which ran on 128k Macs won't run on 512k Macs. No. I don't think the market wants a Mac compatible. I believe the market wants a high-performance, low-cost computer. Say something like the Amiga is rumored to be. A 68000 machine, bit-mapped color graphics, a serial and parallel port, user-expandable memory to 1 Meg (socketed for 256k bytes using 64k chips with a jumper to enable use of 256k chips when the price drops to give 1 Meg), and a couple of expansion slots (every designer knows you can't please everyone, but the slots will get you better than 90%). Built in 1 meg floppy, space for second. A simple, usable operating system. A simple, fast BASIC with every machine. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve