Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!rochester!ur-tut!sunybcs!boulder!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!islenet!ric From: ric@islenet.UUCP (Frederick Lee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: RAM upgrade of Mac512KE. Message-ID: <3703@islenet.UUCP> Date: 20 Dec 87 22:59:54 GMT Distribution: na Organization: Islenet Inc., Honolulu Lines: 56 Like many of my peers out there in computerland, I'm studying various products I can use to enhance my Mac 512KE to 2M RAM with SCSI port, and a hard disk. I've been archiving your valuable responses and anecdotes since early November. Two such anecdotes on memory upgrades were as follows: From: dba@K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (David Anderson) Subject: MacConnection/Rodime 20/MacSnap review Date: 16 Nov 87 18:23:52 GMT Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI ...The "snap" part of the installation was VERY DIFFICULT -- I spent about an hour fussing with it before I got it properly installed. My thumbs eventually wore out and I got out a wooden dowel and a rubber mallet to gently tap the board into place. All in all, about a 3 hour job. I wouldn't recommend it except to those with experience doing this kind of work. ... Brian Campbell writes about SuperMac's Enhance Upgrade as follows: Date: Sat, 21 Nov 87 20:52 EST From: Brian Campbell Subject: Memory upgrades ... I recently upgraded my 512Ke to a 2Mb Mac with SuperMac's Enhance upgrade. It has been a reliable upgrade, no problems. It includes a SCSI port, a quiet fan, and 1 year warranty. Often you get upgrades from SuperMac cheaper than Dove or Apple. ... Brian's experience has aroused by interest. But I haven't seen any Enhance-Upgrade advertisements from SuperMac. Has SuperMac stopped producing these Mac 512KE upgrades? Is installing the SuperMac's 512KE 2Meg upgrade + SCSI as difficult as installing Dove's Dove MacSnap 548S as David Anderson described? What about MacMemory products? The only memory-enhancement product for the Mac512KE I have recently seen advertised is Dove MacSnap products. I shall be browsing through the Dec issue of MacWorld about the various hard disks on the market while awaiting your responses. I'll also faithfully monitor all your further anecdotes of your hard disks woes & recommendations. ...Thanks for your patience & your "2-bits worth. Oh yah, For the Apple Staff out there: I trashed my pre-released (circa 1984) MacDraw. It was dead weight and taking up floppy space. Oh...I almost forgot. MERRY CHRISTMAS! - Ric Lee in Honolulu.