long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Richard C. Long) (01/08/90)
I'm thinking of either an accelerator or upgrade for my SE. From MacWorld, January 1990, it looks like Macproducts USA has the best price on a 68030 based accelerator (manufacturer is Magic) : $599. Alternatively, they also sell a SE -> SE/30 upgrade (which I assume would also give the FDHD upgrade) for $1399, which is much less than Apple's list. Some things I'm concerned about with the accelerator route: 1. I have 4MB of RAM now; is any of this usable (as installed on the main board) by the accelerator? 2. Do I have the choice of booting from either it or the 68000, perhaps by software control? 3. Is the expansion slot preserved, for the addition (maybe) of a large-screen monitor? 4. How hard would it be to later add a FDHD? With the SE/30 upgrade, I guess there'd be no compatibility problems, but is it user-installable? Thanks for any comments on either or both of these. Also, how is Macproducts to deal with? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /'') /'' / | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Hey! You're not /''\ /__ /__ | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | Rockin' Ricky Richard C. Long | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | fans! -- "Gremlins"
gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu (01/10/90)
I have a similar question --- Where do the ROMS for 3rd-party upgrades come from? I.e. 128K -> MacPlus implies the upgrade contains MacPlus ROMS MacSE -> SE/030 implies the upgrade contains ColorQuickdraw ROMS Does Apple sell ROMs to 3rd-party upgrade manufacturers? Are these upgrades built *only* by Apple? Where do these ROMs come from?
Fabian@cup.portal.com (Fabian Fabe Ramirez) (01/11/90)
The ROMs can ONLY come from Apple Computer, Inc. and there are Apple upgrades (ie Mac Plus, SE/30, IIx upgrades) and then there are third party accelerator products (ie SuperMac's SpeedCard, the Radius Accelerator, TSI's Gemini, etc.) Fabian Ramirez SuperMac Technology fabian@cup.portal.com sun!cup.portal.com!fabian