stew@harvard.UUCP (Stew Rubenstein) (01/23/86)
This is a corrected version of an earlier posting... Just talked to someone at General Computer about their new machines and upgrade policy. A Mac equipped with a HyperDrive 2000 has a 20Mb disk, 2 Mb of memory, a 68881 floating point chip, and a 50% increase in clock speed (to 12MHz). Upgrade to a 2000 from a Mac 512K is $3195. If you already have a Hyperdrive 20, it will be $1895, and if you have a Hyperdrive 10, you must first upgrade to a 20 (for $895) and then to the 2000 (for a total of $2790). These prices seem quite high to me, particularly for the 10Mb -> 2000 upgrade. I expressed my opinion to that effect to the person at GCC, and was told that these are the prices announced now. I hope they can reconsider. That early 10 Meg upgrade cost me a lot more than the $400 it is worth as a trade-in. As to HyperMac -> HyperMac Plus upgrades, these will be available in mid March, and will cost $89 for a ROM-only upgrade, or $299 for a logic board upgrade. So that means upgrading a HyperMac 512K to a HyperMac 512K with new ROMs and 800K floppy drive will cost $299 + $89 or $388. Upgrading to a HyperMac Plus with 1Mb of memory and the new keyboard will be $299 + $599 (to apple) + $299 (to GCC) (+ $129 if you want the new keyboard) or $1197 ($1326 w/keyboard). Stew