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From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Upgrading IIx's and IIcx's?
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Date: 6 Jan 90 22:20:50 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA  94043, (415) 960-7300
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After reading the article in MacWorld concerning upgrading you Mac I
have a question:

Is it possible to upgrade the Mac IIcx cost-effectively?  Note that
the Mac IIcx uses soldered-in chips and so I'm not sure how it is even
possible to upgrade the thing.  Most upgrades are a matter of popping
out the CPU chip and plugging in a piggy-back board.

I notice that DayStar says they have an upgrade product for the II cx
but a technical person wasn't available when I called them on Friday.
I need some information on the potential for upgrading the CPU on a
Mac IIcx by Monday too!  Does anyone know if 30-Mhz 030 upgrades on a
Mac II cx are possible?

If you don't need the slots then a II cx plus low-cost accelerator
would seem to be superior to even a IIci.




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