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Manufacturers that want to build PowerPC Platform systems now have two choices for designing motherboards, so users may soon be able to get their hands on a PowerPC-based desktop capable of running multiple operating systems.
At Comdex/Fall in Las Vegas last week, Motorola's RISC Microprocessor Division unveiled Yellowknife, a motherboard reference design that will make it easier for PC manufacturers to get systems to market. Motorola, in Schaumburg, Ill., was joined by two manufacturing partners, Umax Computer Corp. and Alaris Corp., which in the first half of 1997 will deliver PowerPC machines capable of running Windows NT, MacOS, and Unix.
Users have been anticipating nonproprietary desktops and servers that run shrink-wrapped versions of...