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From: bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Bob Debula)
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Subject: Upgrading a II to a IIfx
Keywords: cost of upgrade
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Date: 28 Mar 90 13:15:20 GMT
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With all the talk about upgrading a IIx to a IIfx, I am curious
just what the path is for upgrading a II to a IIfx.  Does the 1.44Mb
floppy upgrade have to be purchased?  What about the PMMU (do I get
some sort of "credit" for the fact I have an Apple PMMU in my Mac II,
or do I just pull it & resell it before I get the logic board upgrade?).
Also, I couldn't help but notice that the $2800-something price tag
someone mentioned for the logic board at University prices doesn't
reflect a whole heck of a lot of a discount compared to the MacWeek
reported board swap price of $2999 (or whatever). Is there any cost
difference between upgrading a II to a IIfx (which I think will be *very* 
popular; It wasn't worth my while to pick up a piddling 15% increase
for megabucks by going to a IIx, but the fx is another story altogether)?
I hope that this isn't going to be one of those famous Apple deals 
where one must first upgrade the II to a IIx and THEN upgrade from
a IIx to a IIfx (or at least fork out the money for that path).
I think MacWeek printed just enough to create a whole host of
unanswered questions that inquiring minds with Mac II's are going
to want answered before we get too excited about upgrading.
Anyone at Apple (or with a price list) care to take a stab at this one?

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Bob DeBula                    | Internet:   bobd@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu
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