Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!marque!lakesys!macak From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Apple's Pricing, IIx question Summary: Standard Mac II does not have PMMU Message-ID: <468@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 89 15:50:14 GMT References: <919@fornax.UUCP> Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (James Macak) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Lines: 18 In article <919@fornax.UUCP> mcdonald@fornax.UUCP (Ken Mcdonald) writes: >Well, all that ranting and raving felt good. Now for my one real question... >I understand that a Mac IIx is slightly faster than a Mac II--however, is this >only valid when comparing a IIx to a II with a 68-whatever PMMU, or does >the nonfunctional "PMMU" that every II comes standard with slow it down >also?.... (Many lines deleted before and after this paragraph.) The standard Mac II does not come with a PMMU chip. There is certainly an empty space on the board to accept such a chip, but it _is_ an empty space on the "regular" Mac II. (Little wonder you find it to be "nonfunctional!" :-) Jim -- Jim Macak