Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 68040 for the Mac? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 21:56:54 GMT References: <12211@pucc.Princeton.EDU> <1991Jan9.030835.23248@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1991Jan9.141123.2343@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <15484@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 44 In-Reply-To: meltsner@crd.ge.com's message of 9 Jan 91 15:49:12 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: client6.cs.psu.edu In article <15484@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> meltsner@crd.ge.com (Kenneth J Meltsner) writes: MacUser also described several IIlc and si upgrade cards from third-party suppliers, including various 68040 and 68030 cards. Prices appear to range from $1500-3000, though. Non-exhaustive summary of '040 products: Supplier Card Price Radius 68040 Nubus with onboard memory $3K Total Systems Integration 68040 SE/30, si $3K Fusion Data Systems 68040 LC $3K IIR Inc 68040 Nubus with memory module slots $4K Should be interesting: the Fusion Data card plugs into the '020 slot on the LC, and is claimed to run 50% faster than a IIfx. NeXT Station 10 mip DSP 25MHz 68040 92 dpi, 17", 2 bit greyscale monitor 105 MB hard drive 2.88MB floppy drive 8MB RAM Mathematica WriteNow Display Postscript Unix . . . GUI and mouse All for $3250 at a University near you, or $4995 at a store near you(actually you might have to search far and wide). -Mike PS. Please no flames. NeXT vs. Mac has already been debated. We can fight again when more software has been release for the NeXT(.i.e. when the "yeah, but I can buy software until I turn blue" argument is toast.)