Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site vaxine.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!ptw From: ptw@vaxine.UUCP (P. T. Withington) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple,net.rumor Subject: Lisa/2, Mac's BIG BROTHER? Message-ID: <190@vaxine.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Feb-84 10:01:38 EST Article-I.D.: vaxine.190 Posted: Tue Feb 14 10:01:38 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 15-Feb-84 00:46:24 EST Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA Lines: 20 ... 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