Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu!agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu!GAYNOR From: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Price cuts on motherboard upgrades ??? Message-ID: <1991May16.150517.3562@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 16 May 91 15:05:17 GMT References: <1991May14.155036.26366@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu> <13043@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <1991May15.153159.29966@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu>,<128923@unix.cis.pitt.edu> Sender: news@zardoz.eng.ohio-state.edu (Usenet news) Reply-To: gaynor@agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu Organization: Ohio Cooperative Extension Service Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: agvax2.ag.ohio-state.edu In article <128923@unix.cis.pitt.edu>, macman@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Dennis H Lippert) writes: >I think that the reason the SE/30 is not being upgraded to clean ROMs is that >it *is* the oldest machine in the fleet, and will probably be discontinued in >the next round or two of introductions. > >At least it's my opinion.... >Dennis Lippert - macman@unix.cis.pitt.edu True, the SE/30 will probably be discontinued/replaced by 1st quarter 1992. The IIcx already has been. But there's a problem. You see, Apple told me, in the form of product literature and documentation, that my SE/30 (and others' IIcx's, IIx's, and II's) could use a certain amount of memory. Apple also built in and touted a form of expansion - the ROM SIMM slot. My Mac isn't capable of doing what Apple said it could do. Period. And Apple has ignored the avenue that they provided themselves for addressing this. Something I thought of... isn't a manufacturer required to support a product, at least in parts and service, for 10 years after the product is officially discontinued? Or are there particular caveats to that? (I confess ignorance here, this is something I have recently heard of). --- Jim Gaynor - AgVAX System Manager - Academic Computing - Ohio State University VMS: UNIX: Disclaimer : All opinions expressed here are mine and only mine. So there! Witty Quote: "Think, think, think, think..." - Winnie-the-Pooh, Taoist Bear.