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From: bainbrdk@sage.cc.purdue.edu (David Bainbridge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga 3000 + AMAX == IIci?
Message-ID: <4470@sage.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 19 Sep 90 22:47:51 GMT
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In article <50421@brunix.UUCP> mjv@brownvm.brown.edu (Marshall Vale) writes:
>> What I wanna know is...if you have this little setup...to which Mac is
>> it comparable to?  Is it as fast as IIci (the A3000 and Iici use the
>> same 25MHz '030) or is it a little faster than the IIci?
>
>Actually its comparable to a Mac Plus with a 25Mhz '030 upgrade. Why?
>Its because Amax (& Spectre for the Atari) use the 128k roms from a Plus.
>The IIci uses the 512k roms which contain ColorQuickdraw for instance.
>Unless conditions really change, Amax and Spectre will be stuck at the
>Plus level for quite awhile.
I believe it will be always stuck at the plus level since the newer machines
have the ROMS soldered onto the motherboard.  Whereas the Plus were placed
into a socket easily removeable.  Apple must have gotten worried about all
those Mac Plus ROM's floating around..