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From: ddeutsch@bbn.com (Debra Deutsch)
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Subject: Re: Mac upgrades
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Date: 17 Aug 90 15:42:18 GMT
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Dove Computer makes a variety of similar boards.  My Mac 512E has just
upgraded with a MacSnap 524S, which gave it a Meg of RAM and a SCSI
port. The kit sounds similar to yours.  The memory expansion board
sits on top of the existing 68000, and the original battery door is
replaced with a SCSI port.  The manual is very clear, and installation
goes just as it says.  Best of all, the kit cost me only about $215
(from MacConnection, 800-MAC-LISA).

I have only two caveats.  First, even though Dove has gone to great
lengths to make the upgrade easy to install by just about anyone who
doesn't panic at the sight of a pc board and to sell their kits to
such people (like me), they insist that the warrantee is void if
installation is performed by someone other than a dealer or an Apple
certified technician.  Second, you will need a digital voltmeter to
check and calibrate the power supply.  No big deal, but this fact is
omitted from the section at the beginning of the manual where they
tell you what you'll need, and I don't happen to have such things
sitting around my house :-).

Debbie Deutsch