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Looks Like a Duck... (10/1/97)
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Remember when we told you about the German company Omega, rumored to be working on a Mac OS 8-compatible operating system called COS? Well, they've posted a description page, complete with release date. And while some of the posted features are slightly more realistic than the features rumored thus far, we at AtAT are still having trouble keeping a straight face.

Straight from the horse's mou-- er, web page, COS offers:

  • B2-class security.
  • Full compatibility with Mac OS applications.
  • The Mac OS interface.
  • Quadruple the speed of Mac OS 8 (not quintuple).
  • A microkernel architecture.
  • Zero system crashes.
  • Java support.
  • Support for PowerPC's, 68040's, and 68030's.
  • Multiprocessor support.
  • Client/server networking capability, and built-in X-terminal software.
  • Uses 4 MB of RAM (as opposed to the previously-rumored 500K).
  • Takes up 12 MB of disk space.
  • Will be released on November 13th.
  • Will be downloadable for a 20-day free trial.
  • Will cost $99.

Well, that's much more reasonable, isn't it?

Macintouch has posted email from an operating system engineer who assesses Omega's claims point-by-point, and concludes that the project is a hoax. But if it isn't, AtAT will be the first to recant and shell out the cash for this miracle of modern software design. ;-)

 
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The above scene was taken from the 10/1/97 episode:

October 1, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 41: Another One Down (10/1/97)   Just when you thought the carnage was over, it seems that Clone War casualties are still dying... Macintouch reports that Daystar Digital, makers of the high-end Genesis MP line of clones, shut down yesterday...

  • 43: Even Cooler Than Us (10/1/97)   Well, we're planning a trip down to our local anime stores, because something posted to Mac OS Rumors sounds just too cool to be real. In the middle of an article about "phantom cloner" Pioneer, a source says that Pioneer "own[s] the rights to the Tenchi Muyo animation series and that a spin-off of that series, the Pretty Sammy [sic] specials, recently aired a program (90 minutes, I think) where the heroine, Pretty Sammy, and all her friends, fought Billy Standard, the software mogul, who was attempting to take over the world, including Japan...

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I mean, if it worked for Friends, why not?
I came here looking for a receptacle in which to place the cremated remains of my deceased Java applets (think about it)

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