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From: elliott@itsgw.rpi.edu (Jim Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SE Upgrade quandrary -- Getting ready for System 7
Keywords: Memory? '030 logic board?
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Date: 19 Jun 89 20:07:32 GMT
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I'm in a tizzy right now, trying to decide what my next step should
be, in getting my system to run the sexy new MacOS variations that
will be coming out in the next few years.

In order to support virtual memory I am going to need more memory, and
an upgraded logic board. I can't afford to get both right now, so I am
trying to decide which to do first. (I presently have a vanilla SE
with 1 meg of RAM.)

It seems to me that I would get the greatest immediate increase in
functionality by buying more memory--for one thing, I could then use
Think C's symbolic debugger, which will really help me learn my way
around the Mac development maze. However, I do not want to do this
if I will have to throw away the RAM when I >do< upgrade the logic
board. Apple seems slightly hostile about RAM--from what I understand,
if I upgrade to 2 meg, I'll have to throw away the 1 meg SIMMs when I
later go up to 4--no trade-in value? So, I am worried that something
similar might happen if I upgrade the logic board after adding memory.
Anyone know? And do I get to keep my (albeit small) internal hard disk?
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Jim Elliott				     "A more subtly incorrect theory"
elliott@netserv2.its.rpi.edu