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From: boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Accelerator Cards for SE...
Message-ID: <1990Nov19.091034.2032@world.std.com>
Date: 19 Nov 90 09:10:34 GMT
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amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen) writes:

>In article <96716.2742BD7F@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> JEFF.BECKER@f1009.n124.z1.FIDONET.ORG (JEFF BECKER) writes:
>>Does anyone have experiecnce with SE accerator cards? I'm considering
>>purchasing one, but don't know too much about the differences between the
>>available cards.  Will most of the 030 cards run System 7.0?
>>Anyone have a Radius accelerator?

>A real comparison of the different cards could well take 20 pages, without
>the typical magazine bullcrap.  I compared all the ones that the magazines
>suck up to, then bought the Mac RailGun 030-25.  I see functional performance
>virtually identical to my IIfx.  It's my understanding that as of today, 
>NONE of the pre II mac's will EVER be able to run System 7.0.  

This is a dangerous untruth.  The only feature of System 7 that pre-II Macs 
will not be able to run is virtual memory.  It's a relatively minor innovation
in System 7 as far as the average user is concerned.  System 7 offers tons of
impressive new functionality: interapplication communication (AppleEvents,
Edition Manager, and eventually AppleScript), TrueType font technology, a
rewritten Finder with Help Manager, asynchronous sound, true color 
reproduction, DA/app menu launching, font/DA/cdev/rdev installation by simple
dragging, a sturdier multitasking environment, and much, much more.