Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!ccnysci!alexis
From: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacSprint II
Message-ID: <2033@ccnysci.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 89 01:48:39 GMT
References: <997@marvin.Solbourne.COM>
Reply-To: alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen)
Organization: City College of New York
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In article <997@marvin.Solbourne.COM> dce@Solbourne.com (David Elliott) writes:
>After reading an article about the Mac IIcx in this month's MacUser,
>I'm considering buying a MacSprint II cache board.
>
>Does anyone out there have one of these?  If so, I have some questions:

Yes, I have several.

>1. Can you feel an improvement?

In the beginning you could feel it, but it quickly fades into the background.
Which is not to say the improvement isn't real.

>2. Does this cache react favorably to the cach control FKEY and/or the
>   toggle cache cdev?

Haven't tried either. I've never needed to use either. However, it comes with
its own CDEV which can turn it on or off on the fly.

>3. Does this board increase the number of software failures for programs
>   running on the Mac II?

I have noted no unusual problems on any of the machines with this board.

>4. How well does MacSprint II coexist with a PMMU?

Fails miserably with A/UX, but as of earlier this month it works fine. Owners
of earlier boards can get a replacement at no cost.

BTW, the warrantee on this product is FOUR YEARS. It's one of the relatively
few products that does exactly what it claims to do. If I had a Mac II not
running A/UX I'd buy one. And in fact, I bought several.

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Alexis Rosen
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