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From: naim@eecs.nwu.edu (Naim Abdullah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT rumors
Message-ID: <12670035@eecs.nwu.edu>
Date: 17 Aug 89 00:27:53 GMT
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zs04+@andrew.cmu.edu (Zachary T. Smith) writes:
>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:
>[...]
>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.

As long as we are passing on rumours:

The 14th August issue of Infoworld, back page, says that NeXT will be releasing
a 32-bit/pixel colour board sometime next year based on the Intel i860.
This board will have Renderman and Display Postscript in microcode.

A 24-bit/pixel board will be released at rougly the same time, by some other
company. I forget the name, but it is in the article.

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

		      Naim Abdullah
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		      Northwestern University

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