Re: IIgs kills ARM-A2 prototype! Film at 11.

[toddpw@ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

regnirps@aol.com (Regnirps) writes:

>>    1. Why would _anyone_ want to kill the Macintosh a year after its
>>	introduction in order to replace it with an ARM-A2 ?

>The way I heard it was not in terms of killing the Mac, it was in terms of
>killing the AII projects because to was too fast and would compete directly.

This clears a lot up. It's consistent with everything I know about the
various development timelines, and it also defuses the "was Jobs involved?"
debate that I got into with Supertimer. Thanks for the info, Charlie!

>Well, you have to know something about the innards at Galactic Central. Apple
>has always run with dozens of unrelated projects in all directions at the same
>time. The stuff that has been killed off or had the plug pulled just as it
>matured would fill volumes -- and break your heart.

Yeah, I got a pretty good taste of this during the two summers I was an
intern in Valley Green 6. Sprite cards, VOCs worth buying, etc...

>I don't doubt the sources you quote, but remember that since ACORN is a
>fabless business, the Achimedes were often the last to benefit from any ARM
>developments.

Quite true. The main thing I was after was to establish that Supertimer is
effectively rewriting history by blaming Jobs for killing the ARM-A2 to save
his precious Mac, and also to cast doubt on the idea that ARM was "obviously"
better than 68K to everyone who looked.

Sorry to have dragged you back into this.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu