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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: II -> IIfx mother-of-all-boards upgrade info needed
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Date: 13 Apr 91 20:39:44 GMT
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In article <1991Apr12.230716.23547@cs.ubc.ca>, Sundar_Prasad@mtsg.ubc.ca (Sundar) writes:
|> Yo netters,
|> One of my profs is interested in converting his MacII into a IIfx. I want 
|> to know what Apple dealers on campus at other Univs are charging for a 
|> IIfx motherboard swap. Also, how much extra is the SuperDrive (1.44M) and 
|> does the dealer's price include any rebate on the old MacII motherboard ?
|> 
|> It seems there was an article in a recent MacWeek on design flaws in the 
|> IIfx. If that report is correct, is it worth going on this upgrade trip in 
|> the first place ? Thanks in advance for any pointers.

What's the current rumour on 68040 models? If they are due out soon,
surely this is the thing to go for.

-- 
Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu