John Walker has been talking with a company who's developing a 68000
CAD system about getting a loaner system from them for converting
MicroCAD to the 68000 (which they would then license from
us). If we can work such a deal,
we'd be able to get a 68000 development machine in house immediately
without having to spend any money. Since one of the major advantages
of the 68000 is the speed and large memory that suits it for graphics,
I suspect that there's more than one software-hungry vendor who might
be interested in loaning a system to get a package like MicroCAD
converted to it. If you see announcements of 68000 based systems that
look like good prospects (e.g., have 400x400 or better
graphics and cost less than $13,000 with discs included), pass on the
information and we'll contact them.