Aucbvax.1905
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Wed Jun 24 05:36:57 1981
Star Info
The STAR people came here to talk today.
Here's some facts/rumors that were new
to me:
o Mesa will probably be released for
the STAR either the 4th quarter of
this year or the 2nd quarter of next
year.
o Smalltalk "will NOT be released on the
STAR or anywhere else" -- a "small
outfit in Silicon Valley" (not PARC --
I'm not sure who they're talking about)
licensed it to HP, TI, and Apple. When
the STAR marketing people found out,
they "put a stop to it"
o A personal computer called the "inch-
worm" will apparently be announced
soon. It is about book-sized, has
a bitmapped display, and measures
about an inch thick (hence the name).
Could this be a first pass at the
Dynabook?
o They won't sell just one STAR until
next year
-geo
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