josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) (12/01/90)
In article <1990Nov30.210449.3362@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu>, gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes: |> In article <109561@convex.convex.com> woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) writes: |> > Apple GROSSLY underpowered the power supply and has been the |> >cause of a lot of 'accidents' with adding peripherals and third party |> >items that draw too much power. |> |> OK, I've heard enough about this. |> |> The point to all this is - has anyone considered the |> possibility of beefing up the IIsi's power supply? Can any hardware |> person out there tell me that it's either impossible or not feasible |> or horribly expensive to do this? You know, it's the same old story. People like the price of the new Mac IIsi, and IMHO it's a great machine for the price. But people are criticizing the machine for: a. not enough power supply (see above references) b. not having the same 25MHz speed as the Mac IIci c. for having a "new" slot -- the funky PDS instead of a NuBus d. for not having a CPU ($249 option) e. for not having enough slots f. for having weird video configuration g. for taking smaller drives (1/3 height) Now, I ask, if you got all these things in a Mac IIsi, what would you have? Namely, a Macintosh IIci. And naturally a bigger price (a la Mac IIci) So stop quibbling. That's what you get for asking for a cheap Mac II. -- mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmw \ \ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY \ \ Josh Hartmann \ Cambridge, Massachusetts \ \ josh@athena.mit.edu \ why exactly would MIT care what I say? \ \ \ I'm just a lousy student \ wmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwm
sburke@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Scott Burke) (12/01/90)
Back to the SUBJECT PLEASE! WHO MAKES 1/3-HEIGHT DRIVES???????? HELP!!!!!!!!!! Scott.
Bill_W_Michling@cup.portal.com (12/01/90)
Check out MicroNet, they have hard drives for all of the new Macs. Hope this helps......
torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) (12/02/90)
josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes: >You know, it's the same old story. People like the price of the new Mac IIsi, >and IMHO it's a great machine for the price. >But people are criticizing the machine for: > a. not enough power supply (see above references) > b. not having the same 25MHz speed as the Mac IIci > c. for having a "new" slot -- the funky PDS instead of a NuBus > d. for not having a CPU ($249 option) ^^^ If this were the case, not only would it be brain-damaged, it would also be "brain-missing" :-) :-) [sorry for wasting bandwidth] -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu "She's got a tongue like an electric eel, and she likes the taste of a man's tonsils!" - Rik Flashheart
josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) (12/03/90)
In article <1990Dec2.000711.27518@Neon.Stanford.EDU> torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) writes: >josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes: >>You know, it's the same old story. People like the price of the new Mac IIsi, >>and IMHO it's a great machine for the price. >>But people are criticizing the machine for: >> d. for not having a CPU ($249 option) > ^^^ > > If this were the case, not only would it be brain-damaged, it would >also be "brain-missing" :-) :-) [sorry for wasting bandwidth] > Alas, Evan, you are right. Of course, I meant to say FPU and not CPU. Thanks for pointing out the mistake! And sorry for the oversight. Josh -- mwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmwmw \ \ MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY \ \ Josh Hartmann \ Cambridge, Massachusetts \ \ josh@athena.mit.edu \ why exactly would MIT care what I say? \
tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk (A J Cunningham) (12/03/90)
In article <1990Dec1.015257.4891@athena.mit.edu> josh@athena.mit.edu (Josh Hartmann) writes: >But people are criticizing the machine for: > a. not enough power supply (see above references) > b. not having the same 25MHz speed as the Mac IIci > c. for having a "new" slot -- the funky PDS instead of a NuBus > d. for not having a CPU ($249 option) Well, you know if someone tried to sell me a computer without a CPU I'd criticise them. :-) Now an MMU I would call an option. Tony get stuffed inews -- Tony Cunningham, Edinburgh University Computing Service. tjc@castle.ed.ac.uk If a man among you got no sin upon his hand Let him cast a stone at me for playing in the band.
woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) (12/04/90)
In article <9889@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> sburke@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Scott Burke) writes: > >Back to the SUBJECT PLEASE! > >WHO MAKES 1/3-HEIGHT DRIVES???????? HELP!!!!!!!!!! > > >Scott. Sorry, Conner supplies both 40 and I think now an 80. Quantum is now shipping 80's and 105's and I believe that also have a 40. Rumor also has it that Quantum will have a 170 and 210 soon. The Quantum's are kinda cute - in a HD sort of way. The Conners have been used for quite some time in the Mac Portable. Both vendors produce good drives that will work quite nicely. Blacksheep Senior Systems Engineer -- Darrin R. Woods woods@convex.com This is a guest account. Convex knows nothing about what I'm saying, or even that I'm saying it.
hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (12/06/90)
In article <109796@convex.convex.com> woods@convex.com (Darrin Woods) writes: > In article <9889@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> sburke@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Scott Burke) writes: > > > >Back to the SUBJECT PLEASE! > > > >WHO MAKES 1/3-HEIGHT DRIVES???????? HELP!!!!!!!!!! > > Sorry, Conner supplies both 40 and I think now an 80. What is the size of the Conner 510MB (list $1295) that was discussed here recently? Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000