pa1743@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jethro Bodean) (04/10/90)
If I get the fx upgrade do you suppose the motherboard they take out will be worth anything to offset the price of the uprage by a few percent? Beacause I can sell my RAM for a few hundred and.... *8^) Can I use my old 800K drive or do I have to get the FDHD at the same time? *8^0 -tk pa1743%sdcc13@ucsd.edu PS What the diff between FDHD and Superdrive??? Hardware and $$?
wrk@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (William R. Krempp) (04/10/90)
the motherboard would need to be given up as part of the upgrade. The only
thing you could salvage from the motherboard are the 'bell and whistle'
items you hav added (if anY) like MMU or Additional memory.
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------gchow@undergrad.cs.ubc.ca (george kai yee chow) (04/10/90)
In article <9594@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> pa1743@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jethro Bodean) writes: >If I get the fx upgrade do you suppose the motherboard they take out >will be worth anything to offset the price of the uprage by a few >percent? Beacause I can sell my RAM for a few hundred and.... *8^) >Can I use my old 800K drive or do I have to get the FDHD at the same >time? *8^0 To my knowledge, the price that Apple quotes for the logic board upgrade includes the return of your old logic board. At least, that was what it sounded like when I checked out the SE->SE/30 upgrade. Please correct me if I'm wrong, anyone. >PS What the diff between FDHD and Superdrive??? Hardware and $$? They are the one and the same.
christbj@ifi.uio.no (Christian Bj|rnerud) (04/10/90)
In article <1990Apr10.043109.10197@undergrad.cs.ubc.ca>, gchow@undergrad.cs.ubc.ca (george kai yee chow) writes: |> To my knowledge, the price that Apple quotes for the logic board upgrade |> includes the return of your old logic board. At least, that was what it |> sounded like when I checked out the SE->SE/30 upgrade. Please correct me |> if I'm wrong, anyone. In Norway the give you back your old motherbourd and all other parts when upgrading SE -> SE/30. I can't tell what they do in other parts of the world, but I can't think of any reason for them to keep the old parts after an upgrade. -Christian- Email : christbj@ifi.uio.no
m_herodotus@coors.dec.com (Mario Herodotus - Digital Customer Support Center (800) 525-6570) (04/10/90)
In article <9594@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, pa1743@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jethro Bodean) writes... > >If I get the fx upgrade do you suppose the motherboard they take out >will be worth anything to offset the price of the uprage by a few >percent? Beacause I can sell my RAM for a few hundred and.... *8^) >Can I use my old 800K drive or do I have to get the FDHD at the same >time? *8^0 > -tk pa1743%sdcc13@ucsd.edu >PS What the diff between FDHD and Superdrive??? Hardware and $$? As I understand it, the old baord is traded in when you get the upgrade. That means the RAM from that board is gone too. The FDHD and Superdrive are the same thing (1.44 Meg floppy drive that reads and writes 400K, 800K, and 1.44M Apple formats -- and -- (by using Apple File Exchange software will also read and write IBM floppies, but I'm not sure what formats) I'm not sure if this is included in the board swap price or if you must have it, but I'll bet you'll want it. Mario -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can't afford my own opinions, and DEC won't pay for them either. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mario Herodotus [ CX03 1/K4 ] | m_herodotus@coors.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation | Customer Support Center | - or - m_herodotus%coors.dec@decwrl.dec.com 305 Rockrimmon Blvd. | Colorado Springs, CO 80919 | - or - ...!decwrl!coors.dec.com!m_herodotus (800) 525-6570 Ext 25520 | [direct line (719) 592-5520] | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
wrk@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (William R. Krempp) (04/11/90)
In article <2843@ifi.uio.no> christbj@ifi.uio.no (Christian Bj|rnerud) writes: >In Norway the give you back your old motherbourd and all other parts >when upgrading SE -> SE/30. >I can't tell what they do in other parts of the world, but I can't think >of any reason for them to keep the old parts after an upgrade. > -Christian- Most companies that do this form of an upgrade, use the old machine (after reconditioning) as a tax writeoff by donating them to schools and other non-profit oganizations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Bill Krempp wrk@phobos.cis.ksu.edu | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
fdm@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Frank D. Malczewski) (04/12/90)
In article <1521@mountn.dec.com> m_herodotus@coors.dec.com (Mario Herodotus - Digital Customer Support Center (800) 525-6570) writes >As I understand it, the old baord is traded in when you get the upgrade. That >means the RAM from that board is gone too. > How can they possibly take away RAM that is no longer on the board? The same goes for PMMUs, accelerators, etc... , , , --Frank Malczewski (fdm@wlv.imsd.contel.com) (malczews@nunki.usc.edu)