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From: vishniac@wanginst.UUCP (Ephraim Vishniac)
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Subject: "Apple Readies Hi-Res, Color Mac Successors"
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:47:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 21 12:47:49 1985
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Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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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.

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