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From: ptw@vaxine.UUCP (P. T. Withington)
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Subject: Lisa/2, Mac's BIG BROTHER?
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Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 10:01:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 14 10:01:38 1984
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Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA
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... speaking of 1984.

Random Q's and A's:

Q:  How much does Lisa/2 benefit from Mac's chips and other internals?
Same ROMs, IWM, PLA's or anything?

A:  Yes the SCC is the Zilog chip, perhaps "2 meg serial" should be read "2
1 meg serial", for indeed it does support 2 serial ports.  (But is it a
pain to program!)

Q:  Will there be an external hard disk for Mac, or is the disk port too Sony?

Q:  Who is working on Un*x for Mac?  A Blit emulator Mac?

Q:  Can anyone describe the "...undisclosed proprietary technique for
phase-locking the 68000 to less expensive memory..."?  Does this mean they are
doing software refresh?  Or is refresh handled by the video DMA?

                                   -ptw