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To: BillHoo who wrote (7848)	1/19/1998 6:23:00 PM
From: Eric Yang	Respond to of 213173

>>Hey, my Powerbook 3400c sports a VGA port, built-in ethernet and SCSI. All it needs is a parallel port and there won't be anything anyone can say about being locked into Apple hardware. Wasn't that the main thrust of CHRP?<< That was only part of it. For the box maker: 1.Allow cloners to make CHRP macs without licensing (paying for) Apple motherboard designs. 2.Built systems cheaply using more standard PC components. Apple ASICs and ROM no longer a requirement. 3. Allow cloners more freedom in designing new motherboards with faster bus speed and incorporate evolving technologies. For the user: 1. Faster & Cheaper systems. 2. Wider vendor selection 3. Able to run MacOS, WindowsNT, OS-2, BeOS, various UNIX derived OS any other OS ported to PPC. At least that was the plan... 4. Ability to use cheap (and ugly..<g>) PC add-ons and peripherals such as keyboards, mouse...etc. I hope I didn't miss anything major. Eric