Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
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Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#2The archive (seemingly erroneously) says this was created in 1989. The text itself, however, says it was from 10/88.
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#3You should probably link to this instead:
https://archive.org/details/scorpius_architecture
(This way has more compatibility with various computers and software that you try to view it. Also, for some reason the "FULL TEXT" link does not link directly to the file, nor does there seem to be a link from there as far as I can find, but if you change "stream" in the URL to "download" then it will access the file.)
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#4You should probably link to this instead: https://archive.org/details/scorpius_architecture (This way has more compatibility with various computers and software that you try to view it. Also, for some reason the "FULL TEXT" link does not link directly to the file, nor does there seem to be a link from there as far as I can find, but if you change "stream" in the URL to "download" then it will access the file.)
I disagree with that. You can hit "← Back to item details" to trivially get to the more information panel, while this presents content in a better way than linking to that link.
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#5Coincidentally (or not?), Power Mac G5's later used the PowerPC 970MP (a dual-core part) which also carried the code name 'Antares'.
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#6Did it have wicked glowing cooling rods?
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#7So... how soon can we expect a HDL implementation of this architecture? :)
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#8I can't believe the paucity of comments on this article. Surely, this is of interest to HNers? Am I just the only one that's never heard of this? It sounds awesome, and confirms my personal bias that an Apple+Sun merger (prior to the Oracle acquisition) could have been terrific. We all complain about Apple's slipping quality these days, but they used to (?) have some amazing engineers.
Edited to add: Does anybody know why this got nixed? Would love to know the backstory to this.
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#9I can't believe the paucity of comments on this article. Surely, this is of interest to HNers? Am I just the only one that's never heard of this? It sounds awesome, and confirms my personal bias that an Apple+Sun merger (prior to the Oracle acquisition) could have been terrific. We all complain about Apple's slipping quality these days, but they used to (?) have some amazing engineers. Edited to add: Does anybody kno…
1988 would put this squarely in the 'Apple trying to convince Motorola to develop the 88k' era, most likely this was a backup plan in case they failed (they did, but by the time the 88k was killed off, they'd managed to get AIM founded and the 601 was 'in the pipeline')
Re: Apple Computer: Scorpius Architectural Specification (1988)
#10I can't believe the paucity of comments on this article. Surely, this is of interest to HNers? Am I just the only one that's never heard of this? It sounds awesome, and confirms my personal bias that an Apple+Sun merger (prior to the Oracle acquisition) could have been terrific. We all complain about Apple's slipping quality these days, but they used to (?) have some amazing engineers. Edited to add: Does anybody kno…
I’m fascinated by this.
Hey, at least we know they had proper Plan B’s!
I see nothing else about this online, so this must be pretty recent public information