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From: dorner@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: New Mac IIs
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Date: Sat, 21-Nov-87 16:38:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Nov 21 16:38:00 1987
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> 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.

680_2_0 upgrades sell for $1500-$2000 for SE's and +'s.  If we assume
chip price to be a good indicator, that would put a 68030 board at
$4000-$6000, given your quoted prices.  You just can't get from here to
there without an order of magnitude diff- erence in price, whether
you're talking about accellerator cards or nuclear power plants...

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

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