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From: sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Experience upgrading 2 Meg (Levco) Mac
Message-ID: <3207@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-May-86 01:46:27 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.3207
Posted: Wed May 14 01:46:27 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 15-May-86 08:02:44 EDT
Organization: Amdahl Corp, Advanced Systems Planning
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Keywords: Levco 128K SCSI Upgrade SuperMac DataFrame

I recently upgraded my Mac with the 128K ROMs, DS internal floppy, Levco's
SCSI interface card, and a SuperMac DataFrame 20.  I have used a Levco
"Monster Mac" since the begining of August 1985.  Running with a 1.2 Meg
Ramdisk was quite acceptable, but I got fed up with not having all my
applications and data online.

Last week I had the Mac upgraded as described above.  The Apple ROMs and
floppy were installed by a local ComputerLand, the new Levco ROMs and SCSI
interface, by CJS in Berkeley.  I bought the hard disk from Computer Attic in
Palo Alto.  Prices - Apple stuff $290, Levco stuff $205, DataFrame 20 $936.

Since then it has worked just fine.  My applications run, performance is good.
I installed System 3.1.1 and Finder 5.2 to replace the System 3.0/Finder 5.1
shipped by SuperMac.  The only stuff they add is a file "SCSI items" which
contains an INIT that improves performance.  The system will work (slower)
without this file.  I called SuperMac for some details not covered by their
skimpy documentation.  The technical support person I talked to was *very*
knowledgable and helpful.

Overall I could not have asked for a smoother upgrade.  I thought others
might like to know.
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Stephen J. Langdon                  ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!sjl

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