Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!lsr From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: The New Macs: Greedy Compromises? Message-ID: <11391@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 30 Nov 90 02:45:37 GMT References: <1990Nov29.005944.17800@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> <14568@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 11 In article <14568@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, rblewitt@sdcc6.ucsd.edu (Richard Blewitt) writes: > > >difference in cost? How much? And why that strange new slot? > > New slot == New way to suck money from users. What new slot? The IIsi takes either NuBus boards or SE/30 compatible boards (you have your choice). Also, from what I've read, an adapter card isn't necessary if the board is a PDS board and if it can fit into the machine without the adapter.