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From: ksand@appleoz.oz.au ( A/UX Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,aus.mac
Subject: Re: Mac IIcx
Message-ID: <510@appleoz.oz.au>
Date: 19 Mar 89 05:10:27 GMT
References: <851@tasis.utas.oz> <951@anucsd.oz>
Reply-To: ksand@appleoz.oz.AU (Kent Sandvik - A/UX Support)
Organization: A/UX Support, Apple Australia
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In article <951@anucsd.oz> drew@anucsd.oz (Drew Corrigan) writes:
>in article <851@tasis.utas.oz>, ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) says:
>This past Wednesday and Thursday I had the opportunity to visit the 1989
>Apple Forums held at the Canberra Hyatt, Tuesday to Thursday. Most impressive!
>(At least to someone who has never managed to get to a MacWorld Expo, sigh.)
>
>The professionalism of the entire thing was very high. The seminars (that I
>attended) were generally of an excellent standard, with live demonstrations.

Thx, the guys here at the office will love this (they worked quite hard for
the show...).

>I hope this roadshow (its going to most capital cities - don't know about
>Hobart - haven't got my pamphlet here at the moment) proves to be very good
>for Apple sales over the coming year. (I say this as a Mac enthusiast of
>course!)

It's in Sydney next week, 20-23 March. Other cities that the roadshow will visit
are Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Sorry, not Hobart this time.

>> the 'totability' of the SE/30, it seems to me that the IIcx is somewhat
>> better value for money.  Or is it?


SE/30 and IIcx are two different concepts, SE/30 is a compact model, whereas
IIcx is a modular unit. Both are needed out on the market place. If I would
decide upon any of these, I would look at what are my requirements, modular
upgrade facilities, or a moveable unit.


Reg,
Kent
PS: I would take a IIcx, because then I could later buy a MIDI synth DSP card.

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"UNIX is dead - OS/2 will take over the _multiuser_ market" 
				-said by Phil Dorn on a UNIX conference 1987