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From: jtgorman@cs.arizona.edu (J. Taggart Gorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: A IIsi or a IIci?
Message-ID: <572@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 6 Dec 90 04:10:27 GMT
References: <17802@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
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In article <17802@shlump.nac.dec.com> long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Rich Long) writes:
>
> [ IIci vs. IIsi ]
>
> IIci			IIsi
> ----			----
> 3 Nubus slots		One gender neutral slot (can be Nubus or PDS,
> 			depending on plug-in adapter @ about $200, 
> 			includes FPU)

  As mentioned elsewhere, if you _really_ need to, you can get an expansion
chassis, but they supposedly cost near $1,000.  (Prices anyone?)

> Two ADB ports		One ADB port

  You can get a Y-ADB cable for about $17, if you need two ports.  I'll be
getting this cable.

> 8 RAM SIMM slots,	4 SIMM slots, plus 1MB on the motherboard, expandable
> expandable via Nubus	via Nubus (there goes the slot!)

  With the current limit of usable system memory at 8 megs, a IIsi user can
get to that limit quickly with 2 meg SIMMs.  (Yes, the ci user can get there
with 1 meg SIMMs, but that's not my point.)  You can get up to 17 megs and
I really don't think many of us need that much memory.  Hell, I'll be
happy with the 5 megs I will have.

  Just trying to even the score.
  I'm not saying the IIsi is better, but it's all I could afford, so I will
get and love it and hug it and name it George...

|     John Taggart Gorman Jr.    | "I'm a no rust build up man myself."
|                                |          -Christian Slater
| jtgorman@caslon.cs.arizona.edu |             in 'Heathers'