Xref: utzoo comp.sys.apple:8926 comp.sys.mac:24629 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu!ralphw From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac Subject: K-12 Mac Message-ID: <3953@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 3 Jan 89 21:49:53 GMT References: <8812201004.aa22627@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Followup-To: comp.sys.mac Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 27 [GS Plus rumors and such. Mac rumors follow, so followups will be directed to comp.sys.mac] >** Bit of Vaporware ** > >A developer friend tells me that, to save on production costs, the K-12 Mac >will be built with the SAME motherboard FORMS as the (new) Mac SE (with the >68030). He says, someone handy with tools and a few spare parts will be >able to convert the (under $1000?) K-12 Mac to a full fledged SE ($2700?) >for MUCH LESS than the price difference (free enterprise is EXTREMELY likely >to provide these "made-over" Macs on the open market warranty, of course> at a really reasonable price). I find this somewhat hard to believe, since Apple would have to waste board space need to have (based on reasonable assumptions): 030 SE version: 030/882 sockets, SCSI (53c90?) chip socket, EuroDin connector for SE slots. K-12 Mac:68000 socket, presumably not connected to the coprocessor thing. Personally, I'd jump at the chance to get MacOS and Unix-capable CPU for $1500. -- - Ralph W. Hyre, Jr. Internet: ralphw@{ius{3,2,1}.,}cs.cmu.edu Phone:(412) CMU-BUGS Amateur Packet Radio: N3FGW@W2XO, or c/o W3VC, CMU Radio Club, Pittsburgh, PA "You can do what you want with my computer, but leave me alone!8-)" --