Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!chow From: chow@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac IIv - inexpensive Mac II box Message-ID: <7718@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 11 Apr 89 22:32:12 GMT References: Reply-To: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Christopher Chow) Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 25 In article witting@topaz.rutgers.edu (Paul K Willing) writes: . .THE IDEA: Take a Mac IIcx box, pull out the 68030, the MMU, the math .co-processor, and any other expensive bits that aren't required. Drop .in the standard 6800 and a regular Floppy drive. Actually, Apple may . .THE RESULT: A low cost (chuckle, ok, less expensive) expandable Mac. .Idealy this sucker would sell for about what an SE does (maybe a .little less and put it head to head with the SE). It would lower the .entry level for color/greyscale Mac's, increase the market size for .Mac II series expansion cards, and maybe help lower Mac IIcx Won't work...Color QuickDraw requires instructions which the 68000 dosen't have. Anyway, the expense of any Mac II series of computer is based more on its value than its production costs. (This also applies to the "compact" Mac line: The SE is less expensive to produce than the Plus) Christopher Chow /---------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Internet: chow@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (128.84.248.35 or 128.84.253.35) | | Usenet: ...{uw-beaver|decvax|vax135}!cornell!batcomputer!chow | | US Mail: 202C Grenadier Drive, Liverpool, NY 13090 | | Phone: Work: 1-315-456-0412, Home: 1-315-622-0362 | | Delphi: chow2 | \---------------------------------------------------------------------------/