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RE: [TCLUG:3420] MIPS is dead



The point is that even when the 68K Mac was the hot thing, Apple wasn't   
interested in letting anyone else play in their sandbox.

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From:  Jim Raney
Sent:  Friday, January 15, 1999 7:04 PM
To:  tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com; Brad DeJong
Subject:  RE: [TCLUG:3420] MIPS is dead

   



On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, Brad DeJong wrote:

> # rant on
>
> I think SGI traditionally hasn't been too terribly interested in
> providing low level information on how their hardware works (the info   
on
> Indy's that they are providing for Linux is a fairly recent change).
>  Apple did the same for a long time (still does for the 68K Macs).  I   
    


Well, there's not much money to be made for apple in the area of 68k.
They'd rather you bought a G3 or iMac.


Seumas
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