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From: zs04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zachary T. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: NeXT rumors
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Date: 16 Aug 89 04:28:04 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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I only just started reading this group's postings, so I may be reiterating
previous hashed-over rumors. I got these from the last page of Infoworld,
an issue a couple months back:

NeXT is planning a Motorola 88000-based NeXT machine (some ways off yet)
that will be able to hold up 4 88k's in one cube, will have a 1 gigabyte
Canon optical drive with a 30 ms access time, and will use the 32-bit
AMD Ethernet chip. Full multiprocessing support included, naturally.

Also in the works is a 32-bit/pixel color board based on TI's 34020
processor with 4MB of VRAM that will be 4X faster than the current 68030
(main processor) based 2-bit/pixel graphics system.

Sorry if I reposted old news...

Zach T. Smith (zs04+@andrew.cmu.edu)