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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Infinity Turbo-Floppy 1.4
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Date: 24 Oct 90 03:31:16 GMT
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In article <77800040@m.cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes:
>
>> It's OK for Mac Plus owners with plenty of money. If I were a Mac Plus owner
>> with plenty of money I'd buy a Classic instead.
>
>It may also be great for Mac II owners stuck with orphaned machines.
>Apple charges $550 just to change the ROMs & add a SWIM chip.  Then
>you get to pay $220 for a floppy drive unit.  Total cost of the
>upgrade is $770, i.e. as much as a whole Mac Classic, or nearly 1/3
>the cost of my $2450 Mac II.  Tyranny!
>
>On the other hands, some companies (not just PLI) offer SCSI 1.4Mb
>floppy drives for $250, i.e. ONE THIRD of the cost.


Hmmm, this offers some interesting possibilities:  Buy Mac Classic.  Move
SWIM and FDHD to Mac II.  Apply high voltage to IWM and 800K drive.  Get
them replaced under warantee... Sell Classic.
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
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