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- From: compexpr@aol.com (CompExpr)
- Newsgroups: comp.emulators.mac.executor
- Subject: Re: Apple Roms
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 06:12:52 -0500
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- >In <4hr0as$ltg@newsbf02.news.aol.com> compexpr@aol.com (CompExpr)
- writes:
- >>
- >>There was a company that tried to clone Mac ROMS by substituting
- >>X-Windows for the MAC OS. I don't remember the company name, but I'm
- >>sure that they're now out of business.
- >>
- >>The last I heard, their computers were not 100% compatible with
- >>Macintosh programs.
- >>
- >
- >I remember the machine well and also cann't remember the name. It had
- >a few nice writeups but died before the machine is ever released. The
- >X Windows was the interface that they licensed to get around the Mac
- >look and feel issue. I think that the company's name began with "New"
- >something or other.
- >
- >Stu
-
- Oh yes, I remember now... NewTech or something similar. They actually did
- release machines which were somewhat Mac compatible (they ran Word and
- Adobe Illustrator), as well as a dual machine that had 680x0 and x86
- processors on the same board.
-
- - Al Hartman, Computer Expressions -
-
-