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Re: The Apple ][ was cool!
I demand that Biggo may or may not have written...
> Darren Salt wrote:
>> They tried to market the PowerMac as the first home RISC-based machine -
>> conveniently forgetting that Acorn had beaten them by nearly 7 years...
> I don't remember them claiming to be the "first". "First gigaflop personal
> computer", yes.
There was a full-page response from Acorn in The Times (15 March 1994).
The main text was:
"As a founder member, Acorn is delighted to welcome Apple to the RISC Club."
The descriptive text:
"After 11 years of development and 7 years of production, we at Acorn are
still marvelling at the sheer power, performance and potential of 32-bit RISC
technology.
"Our ARM 32-bit RISC processors have delivered these capabilities to our many
customers in education, the home and industry worldwide, in our products
since 1987.
"So it comes as little surprise to hear that Apple's new desktop range also
incorporates 32-bit RISC technology.
"Oh well. Better late than never."
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