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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
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Subject: Re: Mac IIcx to IIfx upgrade?
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Date: 3 May 91 00:51:01 GMT
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In article <3154@s5.Morgan.COM> chuck@Morgan.COM (Chuck Ocheret) writes:
>In the recent MacWEEK article, "Dirty-ROM Mac owners clamor for Apple
>cleanup," there is a mention of an upgrade path the Apple has provided
>from a IIcx to a IIfx.
>
>Does anyone know how much this goes for and if it is for real?  Does
>anyone know of a better option than this upgrade?

The unnamed Apple official suggested that cx owners could upgrade to the ci,
and IIx owners upgrade to the fx to get their 32 bit clean ROMs.

The suggested "upgrade" to get features Apple touts in its literature costs
10 times what a 32 bit clean ROM could be sold for.  I don't think that the
"official" had brain in gear when suggesting that people in the market for a
new ROM would necessarily be in the market for the ci or fx upgrade.

I wouldn't give my name with that "advice" either.