bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Bob Debula) (03/28/90)
With all the talk about upgrading a IIx to a IIfx, I am curious just what the path is for upgrading a II to a IIfx. Does the 1.44Mb floppy upgrade have to be purchased? What about the PMMU (do I get some sort of "credit" for the fact I have an Apple PMMU in my Mac II, or do I just pull it & resell it before I get the logic board upgrade?). Also, I couldn't help but notice that the $2800-something price tag someone mentioned for the logic board at University prices doesn't reflect a whole heck of a lot of a discount compared to the MacWeek reported board swap price of $2999 (or whatever). Is there any cost difference between upgrading a II to a IIfx (which I think will be *very* popular; It wasn't worth my while to pick up a piddling 15% increase for megabucks by going to a IIx, but the fx is another story altogether)? I hope that this isn't going to be one of those famous Apple deals where one must first upgrade the II to a IIx and THEN upgrade from a IIx to a IIfx (or at least fork out the money for that path). I think MacWeek printed just enough to create a whole host of unanswered questions that inquiring minds with Mac II's are going to want answered before we get too excited about upgrading. Anyone at Apple (or with a price list) care to take a stab at this one? ========================================================================== Bob DeBula | Internet: bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University | Disclaimer: These are my views, not the U's Davros sez: When my Daleks compute they use X-TER-MI-NALS!
bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Bob Debula) (03/28/90)
I forgot one other question. As one who owns an external 106Mb drive made by CSC (more or less reincarnated from my Fujitsu 2243A which I bought from them as a PC drive & then later had them convert to a Mac external SCSI drive) I am concerned with tales about various external drives not working with the IIci. Will this also be true of the IIfx? What I will probably do is wait until our department orders a IIfx, bring in my external drive & give it a try, but others will probably not have the resources to do this. Any comments? If the rules will be the same for the IIci & the IIfx in regards to external SCSI drives, I guess I could get a jump on things by bringing my external drive in & testing it with a IIci. Any comments? ========================================================================== Bob DeBula | Internet: bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu The Ohio State University | Disclaimer: These are my views, not the U's Davros sez: When my Daleks compute they use X-TER-MI-NALS!