Honestly, I never got a lot out of their actual homebrew guides – but their commentary on the mini/micro industry and scuttlebutt – Motorola's failings, Intel g

Honestly, I never got a lot out of their actual homebrew guides – but their commentary on the mini/micro industry and scuttlebutt – Motorola's failings, Intel gnashing their teeth – was hilarious and perceptive in retrospect. > RIP! BASH! SNARL! TEAR! > These are the sounds emanating from Intel's council chambers these days. An explanation: > If you have just returned from a year's stay on the planet Zorn, you will be surprised to learn that the iAPX 432, which had been intended to carry Intel's high performance banner, is now seriously dead. With customers angrily demanding an upward migration path within the Intel family to compete with the forthcoming Motorola 32 bit machine (and even the forthcoming National 32 bit machine), Intel hurriedly announced THEIR 32 bit microprocessor. Several weeks AFTER that hurried announcement, they decided the part number would be the iAPX 386. So far, the part number is ALL that is definite about that device, > You see, there is one hellaceaus fight going on between the performance faction in Intel, who want to build a real computer (NOT an 8080 emulator) for a change and the compatibility faction, who have their gaze fixed on those warehouses (not one of which has burned down yet). http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/dg/dg13.htm http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/dg/dg13.htm They also anticipated in 1981 that Apple would be putting out 68k "minicomputer": > ...there are a lot of companies who are planning to drive the PDP 11/70 out of the marketplace with $10,000 (base price) 68000 systems. It is rumored that Apple is one of these companies... http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/dg/dg01.htm http://www.easy68k.com/paulrsm/dg/dg01.htm