Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!rodan.acs.syr.edu!demarsee From: demarsee@gamera.cns.syr.EDU (Darryl E. Marsee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Questions on Upgrading a Mac II Message-ID: Date: 6 Dec 90 17:04:57 GMT References: <17847@shlump.nac.dec.com> <1990Dec6.055617.14161@wam.umd.edu> Distribution: usa Organization: Syracuse University Lines: 33 In-reply-to: darkstar@wam.umd.edu's message of 6 Dec 90 05:56:17 GMT > 1) What would I get out of an fx upgrade? Approx costs? Lots more speed, SuperDrive support, up-to-date ROMs. Cost for the upgrade is around $4000 list/$3000 educational, but you get $1800 back for your Mac II motherboard. Then you also have to buy new SIMMs for it, which I guess you can get for around $40 per Meg. 2) I was thinking more along the lines of a 3rd party 030 card/accelerator with perks. What do I need to run system 7? Any comments on Marathon or Daystar (?) boards? Speed, advantages, costs? I don't want to go all the way up to 50Mhz or anything... Just some speed increase (33 or so). No comment. 3) I want also to get a 1.4meg floppy. What do I need? Does this only come from Apple, or are their 3rd party possibilities? With the FX upgrade, all you need to do is get the drive itself (no ROM upgrade necessary). Don't know about the others. 4) Oh yeah... this is more like question 2b, but if I use a 3rd party board will I need faster SIMMS? I have 2megs on borad right now and the speeds are >= 100ns (I'm not sure if I have 100 or 120 ns chips), I plan to upgrade to 5megs soon anyway (1meg simm prices are way down!) so... Ditto No comment. Regards, | No matter how bad life gets, you can rest assured ----------------------------| it can indeed get much worse, and often does. Darryl Marsee |-------------------------------------------------- Syracuse University | Women and cats do as they damn well please, and demarsee@gamera.cns.syr.edu | men and dogs just might as well get used to it.