Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site wanginst.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wanginst!vishniac From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: "Apple Readies Hi-Res, Color Mac Successors" Message-ID: <958@wanginst.UUCP> Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:47:49 EDT Article-I.D.: wanginst.958 Posted: Wed Aug 21 12:47:49 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 23-Aug-85 06:06:44 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma. 01879 Lines: 38 An article in the Monday, August 19th, issue of the EE Times bears the headline "Apple Readies Hi-Res, Color Mac Successors." Datelined Boston (where the MacWorld Expo is in its first hours even as I type), the story goes on to describe the "Jonathan", the "Jason", and some miscellaneous Apple news. Here are the high points, so near as I can tell: Jonathan: 17-inch monitor (800x600 pixels), expansion slots, "business" keyboard with trackball, SCSI interface 20Mbyte, 3.5" winchester for existing Macs and Jonathan. The Jonathan version will fit inside the cabinet. 550Mbyte, 4.7" CD-ROM for both Macs and Apple ]['s. A faster, lower-cost laser writer. A faster, quieter, lower-cost ImageWriter. A 40Meg AppleTalk file server. Jason: a modular *color* Mac. Jonathan will probably be available much sooner than Jason, partly because of the difficulty of finding a suitable hi-res color CRT. Double-sided drives and the new ROM are supposedly ready to go, pending final decisions on upgrade policies. The new Macs *might* be 68020 based. Jonathan is supposed to support up to 16M ram. For more details, read the entire article or wait for digests from Expo attendees. -- Ephraim Vishniac [apollo, bbncca, cadmus, decvax, harvard, linus, masscomp]!wanginst!vishniac vishniac%Wang-Inst@Csnet-Relay