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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New Mac IIs
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Date: Fri, 20-Nov-87 14:19:00 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov 20 14:19:00 1987
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Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies    Nov 20 13:19:00 1987


Don't hold your breath for a $700 68030 upgrade.  Electronics Magazine
reported that the chips cost $400 (12Mhz) or $550 (16Mhz) in sample
quantities.  Your Mac II 68020 chip costs about half that ($199?).
You should double those prices and add a hefty amount ($500?) to pay
for a NuBus card with SIMM sockets, software, etc...  Hence, a 16Mhz
68030 upgrade for the Mac II will probably sell for about $1500-$2000.
I wonder: Who really needs all this speed?  Wouldn't you get more
value by purchasing a graphics accelerator card, or a DMA hard disk
interface, or a big screen display?

The only use I can think of for all this speed is to run SPICE or draw
fractals or something....

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}