george@huntsai.UUCP (George Williams) (07/19/90)
I just got a new MacWarehouse catalog, and they're offering Marathon 030 upgrades for all non-030 Macs for $449, and they're even throwing in SAM and SUM. This sounds like a pretty good deal to bring all of our older machines (like my Mac-II) up to snuff for using virtual memory under System 7. Now, can we be SURE that these upgrades will really work under System 7? -- George Williams Boeing Computer Services Internet: george@huntsai.boeing.com [preferred] POBox 240002, M/S JA-74 UUCP: ...!uunet!uw-beaver!bcsaic!huntsai!george Huntsville AL 35824-6402 Phone: 205+461-2597 BTN: 861-2597
TCO1@psuvm.psu.edu (07/26/90)
Well it SOUNDS good, but... 1. Apple will not say if System 7 VM will be supported by third party accelerators. I know this for a fact, because I asked them. 2. The Dove accelerator does not have a place for a math co-processor. But for the price of an accelerator and the SUM and SAM software, its not bad. I think TSI's Mercury 030 line a good deal. You get the 16 MHz 68030 accelerator and a math chip socket for $595. This board allows other add ons like a 32-bit Ram card, a High-Speed SCSI card, and a video card. Of course at that price you don't get the math chip, just the slot for it. Tim Oravec