clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) (03/21/90)
I was hunting around for an '030 accelerator card for my SE since I wanted the speed and the PMMU chip. Most of the prices I was looking at were around the $900 area. However, I called Dove to find out more about their cards and was informed that their new SE '030 accelerator card is now in the testin stage and that if all goes well it should be released in early April. What made me pause was the price of this card. The rep told me that the list price for this card will be about $699. However, she also added that they were looking at a market price of less than $500!!!. So for all those people who are thinking about getting an accelerator card and are either looking at the $900 '030 cards from Total or the $428 '020 cards, you might consider waiting a couple of months. Chris "We have met the enemy...and he tasted GREAT!" ********************************************************************* * Christopher Lye '90 * Usenet: CLYE@PHOENIX.PRINCETON.EDU * * Princeton University * CIS : 73407,3140 * *********************************************************************
long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) (03/30/90)
In article <14719@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Christopher Lye) writes... >[about new Dove 030 accelerator] >What made me pause was the price of this card. The rep told me that the >list price for this card will be about $699. However, she also added >that they were looking at a market price of less than $500!!!. [...] I saw the ad for this card from MacConnection in the May MacWorld. It is listed for $449!! I called the MacConnection rep. as soon as I could, and asked about it. He says that it should be available in 3 to 4 weeks. It will run at 16Mhz, and have space for 4MB of RAM (he thinks). This last part makes me nervous, because the picture of the card looks like it only has space for 2 SIMMs. Arrgh--that would be a serious limitation. Does anyone have more concrete specs. on this card? It looks like a winner! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /'') /'~ / | long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com | Wish I didn't know now /''\ /,, /,, | ...!decwrl!mcntsh.enet.dec.com!long | what I didn't know Richard C. Long | long%mcntsh.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com | then. -- Bob Seger