[comp.sys.mac.hardware] SE upgrade questions

crr@shum.huji.ac.il (03/25/90)

I have a Mac SE (standard, off-the-shelf, etc), and need
more speed, floating-point mainly.  I've seen several accelerator
boards advertised: the RailGun (MacProducts which I've learned to
stay away from from reading this list - thank you), something called
a Gemini, and Dove computers' board, among others.  I learned of these
from last month's MacWORLD.
Does anyone have any experience with any of these items?   I'm also
considering going the route of upgrading to the SE/30 (Apple),
but this is rather expensive (in the short-run anyway, if these
other add-ons aren't very reliable...), and not as fast (16MHz vs 25MHz).
But all I'm going on here are claims made by the companies.  I would
trust an impartial use over a company any day.  Any advice would be helpful.

Another question is whether I can add on a video monitor, since I
lose that slot.  The MacProducts RailGun seems nice in that they provide
for the MagicView 2-page monitor to plug in to the board.
Does anyone out there know anything about the MagicView monitor?
Thanks,

Charlie
crr@shum.huji.ac.il



Dr. Charles Rosenberg