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From: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.misc.
Subject: Re: '040 Accelerators, Follow-up
Message-ID: <27CC7912.23731@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 91 03:29:22 GMT
Sender: eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu (Andrew Theodore Laurence)
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Someone posted an inquiry about whether or not these accelerators replace the
stock '030.  Nope.  They're independent, PDS cards.

Also, I've now seen ads for two:  The one by Total Systems (Magellan), and now
one by Ventura Technologies (or something very close).  Differences:

Magellan:
  '040 PDS card for the IIsi, SE/30, fx(?).  25MHz.  Retails something like 
  $2000-$3000, depending on when you buy.  (The former price is only through 
  March, I believe.)

Ventura Tech:
 They make two, a 50MHz '030, and a 50MHz '040.  Both are available for the 
  LC, ci. (Possibly cx also, I forget.)
  The '030 sells for $1495, completely upgradeable to the '040 with a FULL 
  credit trade-in.  (i.e. $1495 off price of '040 on upgrade.)
  The ad doesn't say whether or not it's a card or a cpu replacement.

Both have ads in the March MacUser (Eddy issue), pages 30 and 319, 
respectively.

--Andrew Laurence
  eaeu137@orion.oac.uci.edu