Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!waikato.ac.nz!canterbury!otago.ac.nz!stanger From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Questions about the Mac LC Message-ID: <1991Jun21.132611.581@otago.ac.nz> Date: 21 Jun 91 04:24:37 GMT References: <677412014.0@blkcat.FidoNet> Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Lines: 49 In article <677412014.0@blkcat.FidoNet>, Bryan.Tung@p911.f421.n109.z1.FidoNet.Org (Bryan Tung) writes: > 1. Can the Mac LC (with VRAM and a math coprocessor installed) run all > Macintosh software, including programs written specifically for the Mac > II's? It should. The only software I've found so far which doesn't run properly is some pre-new-sound manager music software, and the occasional game. Software which requires specific hardware (e.g. 68030) may also not run. > 2. Does Mac II software require a 68030 or just a FPU? Depends on the software. Most "Mac II specific" software I've seen requires just a FPU rather than a 68030. In fact, I would think that the number of applications which actually *require* a 68030 would be rather small. > 3. Does an LC with VRAM do full 8-bit color on the Apple 13" monitor? Yes. And if you're wondering whether you should buy one, *do*. I bought a 12", and now I wish I hadn't :-( The extra screen area is *definitely* worth it. > 4. Are there any boards for the LC that have a FPU and a PMMU? I haven't heard of any yet... I *have* been told that it might be rather difficult to put a PMMU into a standard '020 LC. It has something to do with the fact that there is RAM hardwired to the motherboard - a PMMU wouldn't be able to access it, or something like that, I can't remember exactly. Maybe you should wait until the '030 LCs come out :-) > 5. Has anyone had any compatibility problems with the LC? Compatibility with what? Software? Hardware? For software, see above. Hardware? I haven't had any problems, but then, I don't have a lot of hardware :-( -- See ya Nigel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Stanger, Internet: stanger@otago.ac.nz c/o University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Phone: +64 3 479-8179 Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND. Fax: +64 3 479-8311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If I had a quote, I'd be wearing it." -- Bob Dylan ----------------------------------------------------------------------