lwyse@thalamus.bu.edu (Wyse) (11/07/89)
I am thinking of upgrading a mac+ to an SE. If you have done such a
thing, please be so kind as to tell me if all went smooth. WEre there
any unanticipated problems? What did it cost? How is the performance?
thanks,
lonce
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|ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) (11/07/89)
In article <LWYSE.89Nov6123854@thalamus.bu.edu> lwyse@thalamus.bu.edu (Wyse) writes: >Has anyone upgraded their mac+ to an SE? Er, upgrade a Mac Plus to a Mac SE? The SE isn't all that different from a Mac Plus. The SE has Apple Desktop Bus ports (for the newer keyboards and mouse), an internal expansion slot, a faster SCSI chip, slightly faster overall performance, and you can purchase it from Apple with an internal hard drive. That's about it. Apple never offered a Plus to SE upgrade kit. Perhaps you mean the Mac II to Mac IIx upgrade. -John --- John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787
chou@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Pai Chou) (11/16/89)
In article <LWYSE.89Nov6134817@thalamus.bu.edu> lwyse@thalamus.bu.edu (Wyse) writes: > >I am thinking of upgrading a mac+ to an SE. If you have done such a >thing, please be so kind as to tell me if all went smooth. WEre there >any unanticipated problems? What did it cost? How is the performance? > I don't think it can be done. You need to trade in your mac+ and buy an SE. Oh, I have a question - this is from SE -> SE/x (sorry, SE/30 :-) Does it involve a board swap or do they just replace chips? If you had a 3rd-party memory upgrade, can you still upgrade to an SE/30? Are they going to give you your old SIMMs back or will you end up with 1 Megabyte? The reason I asked is that if you had a Mac128 3rd-party memory upgrade to 512K, Apple would treat it as Mac128K (hence rip-off your chips).. If they'll give me 1 Meg back for my 2.5 Meg 3rd-party upgrade, can I "downgrade" my 2.5 Meg back to 1 Meg (put back the old SIMMs and solder the resistor)?? Pai