cspencer@lexicon.UUCP (Cliff Spencer) (12/02/88)
Can anyone recommend a company that will upgrade a MAC 128K?
I hope to upgrade it to 1 MB if possible. Do I need a new mother
board? New ROM?
-cliff
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Cliff Spencer
{harvard,linus,ima,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!lexicon!cspencerkehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (12/04/88)
In article <338@lexicon.UUCP> cspencer@lexicon.UUCP (Cliff Spencer) writes:
<Can anyone recommend a company that will upgrade a MAC 128K?
<I hope to upgrade it to 1 MB if possible. Do I need a new mother
<board? New ROM?
< -cliff
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<Cliff Spencer
<{harvard,linus,ima,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!lexicon!cspencer
Before you do it, be sure to check out prices for a new Plus and make sure
it is worthwhile to upgrade the old one. I'd bet you could get a new Plus
for the same or less money than to upgrade the 128 to 1 meg. Think $1300
max for a new Plus.
Shirley Kehrron@hp-sde.SDE.HP.COM (Ron Suliteanu) (12/07/88)
>Can anyone recommend a company that will upgrade a MAC 128K? >I hope to upgrade it to 1 MB if possible. Do I need a new mother >board? New ROM? -cliff >Cliff Spencer >{harvard,linus,ima,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!lexicon!cspencer I've been looking into prices for the 128K to 1024K MAC+. It appears that most places that will do it have similar pricing. To be vague: New ROMS and 800K Floppy Drive $300 512K Memory Updgrade $200 1024K Memory Upgrade $400 SCSI Port Addition $ 75 So for ROMS, DRIVE, and 1 MEG you're talking $700. A new MAC Plus maybe $1300, a used one for $900-1000. Of course, this may vary where you are; things tend to be expensive in the Land of the Sun. Have fun... Ron Suliteanu Hewlett Packard Palo Alto, CA
vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James) (12/16/88)
>Can anyone recommend a company that will upgrade a MAC 128K? >I hope to upgrade it to 1 MB if possible. Do I need a new mother >board? New ROM? > -cliff >Cliff Spencer >{harvard,linus,ima,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!lexicon!cspencer There was a place in Philly advertising to do the job for about $700 in Computer Shopper. I don't know if they still do or not. I came across something interesting in Mac Week the other day. In the back there are 1/4 or 1/8th page ads from different small companies. One of them was advertising a 68030 board for the SE. Ok, no problem. The funny part was at the very end of the ad, where they said "Prices from $XXXX (68020 from $XXX), available also for Plus, 512KE and 128KE." "HUH?" I said? There is no such thing as a 128KE! So I called them (I love 800 numbers) They say that this is essentially correct, you add the 128K ROMs from a plus or a 512KE and an 800K drive, plug in thier board and just us it (something about it having 2 or 4Meg RAM.) If this works then there is a viable aternative to the standard upgrade. (The add on board has a SCSI port on it too.) -- Later Y'all, Vnend Ignorance is the mother of adventure. vnend@phoenix.princeton.edu & vnend@pucc.bitnet Support the Afgan literary movement; read Kyberpunk.
rupp@cod.NOSC.MIL (William L. Rupp) (12/20/88)
In article <4905@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> vnend@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (D. W. James) writes: >>Can anyone recommend a company that will upgrade a MAC 128K? >>I hope to upgrade it to 1 MB if possible. Do I need a new mother >>board? New ROM? >> -cliff >>Cliff Spencer >>{harvard,linus,ima,bbn,m2c}!spdcc!lexicon!cspencer > > There was a place in Philly advertising to do the job for about >$700 in Computer Shopper. I don't know if they still do or not. My Mac is an April, 1984 model, which I have upgraded in the following steps: 1. DigiGraphics board swap giving me 512K 2. Authorized Apple ROM and disk-drive upgrade 3. Dove Memory upgrade, a piggy-back board (MacSnap) pushing my RAM up to 2Megs. That upgrade also included a SCSI port I later added an external hard disk, but that is another matter. In conclusion,there are third party memory and SCSI upgrades, but you need the Apple 128K ROMs, which only a dealer or a VAR can supply (new, anyway). I want to point out that, while I saved some money, I am stuck with the old DB9 connectors. This is not generally a problem, but you may run into some devices which will not work with such a configuration. Bill P.S. My power supply went not long afterwards, but it *was* old, so that was not unexpected. A new supply (actually, I think it was rebuilt) cost me $200.00
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (12/22/88)
In article <1336@cod.NOSC.MIL> rupp@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William L. Rupp) writes:
<P.S. My power supply went not long afterwards, but it *was* old, so that
<was not unexpected. A new supply (actually, I think it was rebuilt) cost
<me $200.00
For the benefit of other Mac users in Southern California, Computer Quick
in LaMirada will put in a new power supply for $110. They also tested my
machine (and discovered a memory error).
Shirley Kehr