> -----Original Message----- > From: a...@bitsavers.org > Sent: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:59:44 -0700 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Building the Ultimate Classic Mac. > > > > On 7/18/16 12:44 PM, N0body H0me wrote: > >> I'm astounded. I didn't think any ever made it to prototype or >> hard-model >> stage! I've seen bare boards for these (up to this point) mythical >> beasts, but never a living, breathing machine. Must have been a piece >> of work. Do any functional machines still exist? How did you encounter >> them? >> > > The 88100 si worked. Hurricane never got a functional 88110 before the > IBM/Apple > deal. Tessaract never booted MacOS. > > Which bare board did you see?
Long ago, on "The auction site that must not be named", some guy was selling an apple-branded case, with a bare motherboard inside (or, perhaps only sparsely populated). The seller stated it was the prototype motherboard for an 88k Mac that was never built. It sold for a stupid amount of money.... > I was in the RISC products group doing driver and cpu board bringup > starting with > the 88100 nubus boards to IBM RSC (never had a functional 88110) then 601 > over to high end desktop product development with TNT. Wow, so as Walter Cronkite would have said: "...and you were there." The question I'm dying to ask is: Given the choice between the PPC and the 88k (and ignoring Motorola's propensity to shoot itself in the foot), which archetecture would you tend to favor (and why)? ____________________________________________________________ Receive Notifications of Incoming Messages Easily monitor multiple email accounts & access them with a click. Visit http://www.inbox.com/notifier and check it out!
