Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!bpa!tci!kingman
From: kingman@tci.UUCP (Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: PMMU (and other Mac II upgrades)
Message-ID: <351@tci.UUCP>
Date: 29 Aug 89 15:09:18 GMT
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acsh@crcc.uh.edu writes:

>RE: PMMU (& upgrading a II)

.......
>I spoke with Dove and they have a $1599 68030 chip running at 32 Mhz.  With
>their 30% academic discount it would be about $1120.  Since the Apple PMMU
>sells here for $699 (and wouldn't be compatible with the '030 anyway) I've
>decided to shoot for the new chip rather than the PMMU.

>The name of the 30/32 accelerator is the Dove MaraThon 030 Accelerator,
>BTW.

>Has anybody had any experience with this product?  

If you check MacConnection, I believe their latest price is $969.  It's simple
to install, just pull out the 020 and push the accelerator into the socket.
The whole thing is about 2"x4".  Then there's an INIT you put in your system
folder and that's it.  You're screaming.  For the money, it's definitely
worth it.  The only incompatability I've seen is the Moire screen saver when
run in color mode (ok in B&W), everything else is great.  Dove has a good
reputation, and their products are first rate (I have a Fastnet III Ethernet
card that I've had no problems with). 

I have no affiliation with the above mentioned products or companies, just
speaking from personal experience.....

/Matt