Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!midway!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: '040 Mac Message-ID: <1990Sep28.160441.1356@eng.umd.edu> Date: 28 Sep 90 16:04:41 GMT References: <1990Sep26.181933.239@fog.ann-arbor.mi.us> <1990Sep27.175849.20915@eng.umd.edu> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 23 In article dan@s3sol.scubed (Dan Peterka) writes: > >Speaking of slots - how many of you have ever seen someone use more >than 3 slots? Enough to make it worth Apple's while to sell a big box >like the IIx and IIfx? Seems like an Nubus expansion cabinet concept >would be a better idea to reduce manufacturing and inventory costs - >or does this only make sense to non-marketing types? Never seen one, but I have heard of them-- generally 1 Ethernet card 1-2 video cards 1 frame-grabber type thing or 1 data-sampling thing. 1 controller type thing (Videodisk, other equipment, whatever). and maybe 1 Piece of custom hardware. Also, in the II and IIx-- 1 Really mega-fast 50MHZ 68030. (All I use is one slot) -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.