PowerPC

[Ravikuma Venkateswar]

Sean_P...@bmug.org writes:

>Who's making the PowerPC CPU's?

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Apple, IBM and Motorola. The Motorola version is known as the MC98601 .

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[sea...@ac.dal.ca]

In article <1993Mar15.1...@bmug.org>, Sean_P...@bmug.org writes:
> Who's making the PowerPC CPU's?
>

Motorola.

From 1/3/93 MacWeek:

APPLE DENIES REPORTS OF RISC MAC CLONES (p. 2)

Cupertino, Calif. -- Apple last week categorically denied published reports
that it has licensed or plans to license third parties to build PowerPC-based
Macintosh clones.
"Apple has no plans to license the Mac OS for PowerPC clones," said
Apple spokeswoman Betty Taylor.
PowerPC, a RISC processor being developed by Apple, IBM Corp. and
Mororola Inc., will be available for purchase by computer makers but won't
include the RISC implementation of the Mac operating system.
However, sources said that Apple and IBM do plan to offer PowerOpen,
their Unix OS, to a limited number of third parties to run on PowerPC machines.

Apple assures us, however, in "blueprint for the decade", that "Despite the
excitement surrounding the introduction of a RISC-based Macintosh, 680x0-
based Macintosh computers will remain viable for many years to come." (p. 9)

Are you assured? I remain suspicious...

Sean
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[Brian Altman]

So how exactly are the PowerPCs going to be sold? Will Apple, IBM and Motorola
all be selling the same computer? Wll IBM and Apple versions both be able
to run the same software etc.? Just how different are these machines likely
to be?

-Brian

[Michael Peirce]

Again, pure speculation on my part :-)

I think there is slim to no chance that IBM, Apple, Motorola, will
be selling the same computer. Why would they? I can't think of any
good reason. Do they all sell the same computer built around the
68000? Nope. They will each design and build PowerPC based machines
that they think will make them the most money - I doubt there is 100
agreement about what that machine would be!

As to software. I'd expect they will all run PowerOpen (aka Unix).
Each company already builds Unix capable boxes. And since PowerOpen
will is evolving from AIX and A/UX there is a direct migration path
for them.

And remember it won't be just Apple, IBM, and Motorola making machines
(though I doubt Moto sells many PCP computers, they make lots more
money letting Apple make the machines and they make the chips). Other
manufactures will be able to buy PowerPC chips. Frankly, to really
succeed (i.e. really take on Intel P5 and DEC Alpha) they need to get a
number of other computer makers on board.

If the PowerPC chips are half as good as they sound, I expect you'll
see many other computer makers making machines based on them. (And
if they *really* succeed, I bet you'll see NT for PowerPC in a few
years ;-)

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[Tim Olson]

In article <C418r...@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, rven...@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu

(Ravikuma Venkateswar) wrote:
>
> Sean_P...@bmug.org writes:
>
> >Who's making the PowerPC CPU's?
>
> >**** From Planet BMUG, the FirstClass BBS of BMUG. The message contained in
> >**** this posting does not in any way reflect BMUG's official views.
>
> Apple, IBM and Motorola. The Motorola version is known as the MC98601 .

A small clarification: Apple, IBM, and Motorola are jointly involved in
the design and development of the PowerPC processors, but they will be
manufactured by IBM and Motorola (you don't think Apple's getting into the
merchant chip market, do you!?)

-- Tim Olson
Apple Computer Inc. / Somerset
(t...@apple.com)

[Chemaly Rene]

I am looking into buying a used internal HD for my IIsi. But I need a case for
it. Is there somewhere (FAQ or other) something that tells me how to make such
a case?

Where would be the best place to get a case, if I can't "make" one? Plug-and-
play...! I wanna put the drive in the case and have it work... Nothing else to
buy and nothing too complicated to hook up either!

Thanks!

[Ken_M._...@bmug.org]

Quadmation (Sunnyvale, CA, 800 # from diectory assistance) sells an external HD
case for about $85. Don't know about the cable at that price.