Re: Apple //f...

["Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@tcfreenet.org>]

On 27 Jun 1999, Supertimer wrote:

> "Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@tcfreenet.org> wrote:
> 
> >There may have been sample quantities of faster 65816's, but there wasn't 
> >the large quantity available that Apple would have needed to go into
> >production (not that they would have used them if there had been the
> >numbers of chips available).  After all, look at a smaller company
> >like Applied Engineering...they had problems getting 7MHz units for
> >their first TransWarps.
> 
> Intel wasn't the company it is until IBM "discovered" it.  Why would WDC
> gear up to produce large volumes of fast 65C816 chips if Apple couldn't
> make a commitment to the IIGS and moved toward placing an order?
> The chips he had proves that Mesch could deliver fast chips.

OK, maybe it's the business accounting talking that I took in the 
80's, but at that time, Apple generally only ordered stuff out of
a manufacturer's stock.  This was done to make sure there would be
enough chips for a production run.  It's often done differently
now, but that was standard business practice back then.

And if Mensch could deliver fast 65816's, then why didn't the
Transwarps come with faster chips?

I really don't think Apple would have made a faster GS if the
mass amounts of 65816's were available...I think Apple was too
committed to the Mac by then.

Greg B.

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