Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!usc!snorkelwacker!apple!marc From: marc@Apple.COM (Mark Dawson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Want to know lowest prices on Mac IIfx upgrade Message-ID: <43906@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 13 Aug 90 16:01:52 GMT References: <3799@husc6.harvard.edu> <1428@s5.Morgan.COM> <3819@husc6.harvard.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 32 >In article <1428@s5.Morgan.COM>, jordan@Morgan.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes: > > Tom Ngo writes: > > > > As I understand it, to turn a Mac II into a Mac IIfx requires: > > > > 2) Superdrive and controller > > > > Is this true? Won't the SWIM chip be on the fx logic board that you > > would get when you turn in your II? Has anyone done this yet? > > The IIfx logic board that you get when you upgrade has a SWIM chip on it. This means that it can drive two 800K or 1.44mb floppy drives. Note that when you upgrade, the dealer will only swap logic boards; the upgrade doesn't include a swap of your 800K drive for a 1.44mb drive, or new memory (the IIfx uses different SIMMs, so you'll need to buy completely new SIMMs). So remember that you'll also need to include into upgrade cost possibly a 1.44mb drive (if you want one--Apple retail is $499, I've seen the same Sony drives at Fry's, a local electronics store, for $199) and memory (last prices I've seen quoted on the net are $65 (Chip Merchant) and probably double that for "official" Apple parts). Remember, though, if you install new parts, your warranty will be voided. I'm trying to find out if you have a dealer install new parts (3rd party), if your warranty will still be voided. Mark -- --------------------------------- Mark Dawson Service Diagnostic Engineering AppleLink: Dawson.M Apple says what it says; I say what I say. We're different ---------------------------------