Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site leadsv.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!cae780!leadsv!morse From: morse@leadsv.UUCP (Terry Morse) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Hot new rumor Message-ID: <666@leadsv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 30-Oct-85 14:07:43 EST Article-I.D.: leadsv.666 Posted: Wed Oct 30 14:07:43 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 12:06:53 EST References: <1058@decwrl.UUCP> <1195@teklds.UUCP> Organization: Lockheed, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 21 Summary: not entirely unbelievable In article <1195@teklds.UUCP>, davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) writes: > > My dealer told me this weekend (under a "you didn't hear this from me" > disclaimer) that the big January announcement will be a 2-Meg Mac running > UNIX, not compatible with any existing Mac software. Comment 1: It seems to follow the lines of Jobs' announced intent to provide a workstation for academia (UNIX, bit-mapped, medium cost). Maybe it's a leftover rumor from Jobs. Comment 2: The original OS on the LISA was a micro version of UNIX (XENIX?). So the concept is not completely wacko. Comment 3: The UNIX Mac would fit in with the 20MB hard disk with file hierarchy. You would need 10MB to support UNIX reasonably. So it's possible that the rumor is true. But I wouldn't keep my hopes up. -- Terry Morse (408)743-1487 { amdcad!cae780 } | { sun!sunncal } !leadsv!morse