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From: mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: The future Mac rumors
Summary: IIci
Keywords: 25MHz
Message-ID: <531@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>
Date: 18 Aug 89 21:54:46 GMT
References: <5847@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: mjkobb@media-lab.media.mit.edu (Michael J Kobb)
Organization: MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA
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In article <5847@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM> gengler@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM (Kenneth Gengler) writes:
>You'll have to pardon me if I'm bringing up a dead rumor.  I was
>in the middle of moving and missed quite a bit of discussion.  All
>I caught was the tail end of a rumor(?) about a 25MHz Mac.  Could
>someone fill me in on the details or lack thereof?

The machine is called the Mac IIci.  It has a 25MHz 68030 and a processor-direct
slot for cache memory (Apple is not encouraging developers to develop any peripherals
outside of cache memory for the slot, unfortunately; it would be nice if SE/030 cards
would work...
It also apparently has onboard oscillators for several monitor types, which should
make video less complicated for this machine.  Look through the past couple of
MacWeek's for a more complete description.
Its planned announcement date is the same as that of the Laptop, which is sometime
in September.

--Mike

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