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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Marathon '030 SE Accelerator Card (yow!)
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Date: 30 Mar 90 02:12:13 GMT
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In article <14719@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>, clye@phoenix.Princeton.EDU 
  (Christopher Lye) writes...
>[about new Dove 030 accelerator]

>What made me pause was the price of this card. The rep told me that the
>list price for this card will be about $699. However, she also added
>that they were looking at a market price of less than $500!!!. [...]

I saw the ad for this card from MacConnection in the May MacWorld.  It is
listed for $449!!  I called the MacConnection rep. as soon as I could, and
asked about it.  He says that it should be available in 3 to 4 weeks.  It will
run at 16Mhz, and have space for 4MB of RAM (he thinks).  This last part makes
me nervous, because the picture of the card looks like it only has space for 2
SIMMs.  Arrgh--that would be a serious limitation.  Does anyone have more
concrete specs. on this card?  It looks like a winner!

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