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From: eirikur@ddif.dec.com (Eirikur Hallgrimsson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Accelerator boards and PMMU-compatibility for System 7.0
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Date: 19 Jul 89 21:52:05 GMT
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In article <2251@csun.edu>, robin@csun.edu (Robin Goldstone ) writes...
> 
>The July issue of MacUser has an ad for a 16Mhz 68000 accelerator board for 
>the Mac SE from a company called DPI in Milpitas, CA.  The price is $269
>which is quite a bit less than other accelerator boards I have seen advertised
>(i.e. Radius). Here is what they say about it:
>           "The 16MHz 68000 based accelerator board that doubles
>            the speed of your Mac SE.  It's fully compatible
>            with all Mac SE software and can be turned off via the
>            control panel for speed sensitive applications."
>It has a 30 day MBG.  Has anyone tried one of these out or heard of this 
>company?   They also make removable cartridge drives.     

Peronal opinion:  Starting now, I would not buy an accelerator that does not
have a socket for plugging-in the PMMU chip to enable use of virtual memory
when system 7.0 comes out.  I have asked Radius about putting the PMMU onto my
Radius accelerator and they have said, "Sorry, there is no way."

I haven't seen an accelerator advertizing PMMU-compatibility, has anyone else?

Eirikur Hallgrimsson
eh@ddif.dec.com