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From: brandonl@gold.GVG.TEK.COM (Brandon Lovested)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Mac LC (Should I or Shouldn't I)
Message-ID: <1615@gold.GVG.TEK.COM>
Date: 25 Oct 90 17:10:06 GMT
References: <11224@cuphub.cup.edu>
Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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In article <11224@cuphub.cup.edu> lib1966@cuphub.cup.edu writes:
>Since the LC does not come with a built in math co-processor (like the Mac
>	II series), can one be installed, and will it take up the one slot
>	in the mac?
>
   There will be boards (68020 direct slot) available that will do this.
   Specifically, a company called Dynamac (I believe) will have a card
   that will provide sockets for the FPU and a 68030.

   This is an example of the new multi-function boards that are necessary
   because the LC is just too small for most conventional boards (especially
   NuBus boards which it can't take anyway!).


>The final question?
>
>How long should I wait to buy it before SYS 7.0 comes with it?
>
That is a non-issue.  System 7.0 will work with all Macintoshes.  Granted,
there have been some peculiar problems with some Macs (fx) and new versions
of the OS, but as planned, the LC should work fine with it.

The only negative is that System 7.0 provides for virtual memory, which can
speed up processing time quite measurably.  However, it requires a chip
called a PMMU (Paged-Memory Managment Unit), and this is not available
for the LC (at this time).  This just means that System 7.0 running on an LC 
will not be as fast as it could be (say, for example, running on an fx or ci).


Bottom Line:

	I hope you do get an LC, and tell those of us that don't have one
	how great it is, and that we, too, should run out and get one.  I think
	if the street-price theory holds, you could get one for $1700 or less.


::Brandon Lovested

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