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From: schoff@cadtroy.UUCP (Martin Lee Schoffstall)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: MAC compatibles and UNIX
Message-ID: <142@cadtroy.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Dec-84 13:33:36 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  1 13:33:36 1984
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I agree with the individual who felt that a price war with APPLE
for something that was exactly the same is probably suicidal, but
what if you approach it from the high end?

Start with:

	~1k X ~1k noninterlaced display
	68020 with a real MMU
	UNIX SYSV Release 2.0
	1-4 Mbytes of memory
	The applebus interface AND a real network interface:
		ETHERNET
	
	Configured as a ethernet'ed diskless node and 1 Mbyte @ $7000
	Configured with a 65Mbyte disk	@ $10000
	
Now add a windowing package that pretends to me a MAC and has the
QuickDraw function calls to start with.

What else would someone want?  (This is a serious question.)

Of course this presupposes that users like the MAC interface.  If they
don't then it is YAWS ( Yet Another Work Station).

I would like some feedback.  Either through mail or in the news group.

marty schoffstall

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