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From: long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com (Richard C. Long)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: SE accelerator/upgrade questions
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Date: 7 Jan 90 20:13:27 GMT
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I'm thinking of either an accelerator or upgrade for my SE.  From MacWorld,
January 1990, it looks like Macproducts USA has the best price on a 68030
based accelerator (manufacturer is Magic) : $599.  Alternatively, they also
sell a SE -> SE/30 upgrade (which I assume would also give the FDHD upgrade)
for $1399, which is much less than Apple's list.

Some things I'm concerned about with the accelerator route:

1.	I have 4MB of RAM now; is any of this usable (as installed on the main
board) by the accelerator? 

2.	Do I have the choice of booting from either it or the 68000, perhaps
by software control?

3.	Is the expansion slot preserved, for the addition (maybe) of a
large-screen monitor?  

4.	How hard would it be to later add a FDHD?

With the SE/30 upgrade, I guess there'd be no compatibility problems, but is
it user-installable?

Thanks for any comments on either or both of these.
Also, how is Macproducts to deal with?

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