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From: ech@cbnewsk.ATT.COM (ned.horvath)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: upgrading MacII to a 68030 machine
Message-ID: <950@cbnewsk.ATT.COM>
Date: 4 Sep 89 15:05:12 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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From article <763@swbatl.UUCP>, by uucibg@swbatl.UUCP (3929):
> I'm thinking about going the 'blessed' route to 68030-ness (the Apple
> upgrade from Mac II to Mac IIx).  The list on this is $2,199 for just the
> motherboard.  As I understand it, this is just the board swap where they
> take (rip? :-) out your machines motherboard and put in a IIx motherboard
> and then move the SIMMs on your original motherboard to the new one.
 
> By the way, I am aware that the drive upgrade is $599 (and requires the IIx
> motherboard).

You should also consider installing a PMMU ("real" MMU, 68581); Apple wants
around $500 list (including installation), the great Harvey Mudd MUG dodge
is costing me $170 plus installation.  Note that the '581 is a proper
superset of the '030 MMU capabilities, so the only think you're giving away
is the data cache.  I believe Peripheral Land is marketing a superdrive that
works with pre-IIx Macs, so that needn't be a gating factor.

The "royal road" is a LOT more expensive in this case...

=Ned=