pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Pablo Fernicola) (09/20/89)
A week or so ago I posted a query on The Chip Merchant. I want to thank EVERYBODY that send me mail or posted information. THANK YOU. Everybody was pleased with the company. There were NO complaints. Now for the good news. My friends and I placed the order yesterday, we got the chips today. The order came in COD, you need a cashier's check or money order, and we asked for UPS next day ($16.00). 100 ns 1 Meg SIMMS, $89.00 ea. Chip Merchant has a very good service, and I am a very happy customer. TIPS ON MACINTOSH SE INSTALLATION The first Mac took 20 min., the next one took 10~15 min. Unplugging the hard disk/disk drive cables is very easy. Then you need to disconnect the power cable. There is a little tab on the connector, facing the screen. Press the tab with your right hand index finger and then pull the connector. Note that the motherboard comes out from the BOTTOM of your mac. Then you release the speaker cable and you are set. The SIMMS make a snappy sound when you insert them. The bottom screws on your Mac also make a snappy sound. I have an "old" SE, with resistors, my friend has the newer one with jumpers. Boy, the new one really looks nicer on the inside. Very good job on the part of the team that did the redesign. Note that the placing of the chips when upgrading to 2.5 Megs is different for the two different types of Mac SEs. Last I would like to thank Krzysztof Kozminski for his posting of Jul 7, it helped a lot. Those that want a copy of my installation notes and of Apple's TN #176 can contact me and I will email them, if you can't access them through FTP. My SE and I are much happier with the 2.5 Megs. Word runs faster (if you select "Keep always in memory") and you can use those hot links. Thanks to all on the net for their help. Pablo pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu -- pff@beach.cis.ufl.edu Pablo Fernicola - Machine Intelligence Laboratory - UF "If we knew how it works, it wouldn't be called research."