Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!hydra!cc.helsinki.fi!valsta From: valsta@cc.helsinki.fi Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Review of Mobius 1-page w/030 & math coprocessor. Message-ID: <1991Mar28.153312.5749@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 28 Mar 91 15:33:12 GMT References: Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 23 In article , stiber@cs.ucla.edu (Michael D Stiber) writes: > Yes, I had heard about the Mobius display, but I noticed one thing > that seems very strange: instead of using a 68030, they are using a > 68EC030, which is supposed to be a 68030 without a MMU. The MMU is a > $250 option. Why is this? My guess is marketing --- I can't imagine > that the different chip saves alot of hardware money. Is there some > other reason? With the MMU and 68882, the Mobius may not be as good a > deal as just buying a SE->SE/30 upgrade from Apple, and a $500 FPD > (considering such things as warrantees, multiple boards increasing the > chances of troubles, etc). Comments, anyone? > -- > Michael Stiber > stiber@cs.ucla.edu > ...{ucbvax,ihpn4}!ucla-cs!stiber > UCLA Computer Science Dept., 3436 Boelter Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90024 This leads to the question on whether the accelerated Mac is compatible with system 7.0 and virtual memory. How about A/UX? And upgrade to color? However, the Mobius thing seems to be good at what it does. Lauri Valsta valsta@cc.helsinki.fi valsta@finuh.bitnet