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From: steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield)
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Subject: Re: System 7.0 Q & A
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Date: 10 May 89 15:34:58 GMT
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In article <60053@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> jellinghaus-robert@yale.UUCP writes:
#>Thanks, Apple, for posting all this info about System 7.0!  I'm really
#>looking forward to it!
#>
#>I have two questions, one directed to Apple and one to the net at large?

#>2) What's the cheapest '030 or '551 upgrade I can get for my Mac II?  And
#>   is there anyone else out there who's really, really interested in a
#>   Mac II system (2MB, 40MB HD, 2 int. drives, great condition, color
#>   monitor) for ~$4500?  If there is, PLEASE let me know (but with all the
#>   recent announcements of IIs for sale, I doubt it...)!

I posted a similar question yesterday and got several responses.
This seems a good opportunity to summarize.

The gist is that right now there is only a developer price. Six
months ago, one Emailer reports it was $350. Another says that
the educational price is $500. The first speculated that it
should settle down at around $200. That gives at least a ballpark
range of $200 to $500. Since the upgrade board to 68030 sells
for upwards of $1,600 it seems like the way to go for virtual
memory in 7.0. One person said that you wouldn't have to have
the PMMU until system version 8.0. Incidentally, the chip upgrade
is just a chip you can plug into your mother board in an existing
socket. The 68030 upgrade is a board which takes up a slot, which
is presumably one reason why it is so much more expensive.

Steve Goldfield