Re: [NTLK] [OT] Apple Tablet Mac prototype from the duo era

From: Joost van de Griek (jvdg_at_jvdg.com)
Date: Thu Mar 31 2005 - 08:34:33 PST

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On 2005-03-31 11:48, James Nichols wrote:

> The guy claims that it's HWR was based on the Newton, and that it was
> "faster" because it started out with roughly 150k words and ran on an
> 68040 making it faster than the newtons. Well, the 68040s in that era
> ranged from what, 25mhz to 66mhz? I highly doubt that this thing would
> outperform a mp2x00 machine for HWR speed.

Might also be based on the Duo 2300C: 100 MHz PowerPC 603e. Considering that
the Newtons in the Duo's time were all based on 20 MHz ARM610's (MP1x0), he
may well have a point.

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