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From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MacII => MacIIfx
Keywords: FDHD, SWIM, Upgrade
Message-ID: <1991May30.192918.1761@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 30 May 91 19:29:18 GMT
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In article <1462@radius.com>, bob@radius.com (bob lashley) writes:
> Don't forget the SWIM chip.  I think this still comes with the drive upgrade, 
> as does a set of probably useless ROMs to permit using it.  (SWIM is the disk 
> controller chip)

The SWIM chip and appropriate ROMs _are_ all included in the IIfx logic
board upgrade.

These chips do _not_ come with the FDHD upgrade.  If you have a Mac II and want
to upgrade to an FDHD, you have to buy the FDHD _and_ the ROM upgrade.

Hope this helps.

Jason Garms
tgoose@eng.umd.edu