Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!glacier!jbn From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MAC 88000, or why not a Intel 386-based MAC Message-ID: <17556@glacier.STANFORD.EDU> Date: 14 Jul 88 15:40:57 GMT References: <261@hodge.UUCP> <370STORKEL@RICE> <925@garth.UUCP> <153@pitstop.UUCP> Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle) Organization: Stanford University Lines: 11 Why not a Mac based on the 386 family? There's a 386-based Sun, after all. Byte order would be a problem, but it can be overcome. And the 386 has a built-in segmented MMU, which would provide a path to the protected mode operating system Scully's been talking about. It would then be possible to offer the Mac environment on the PS/2 line and other 386 machines. This would open up a big market for Claris. It might even end up as the replacement for OS/2. John Nagle