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From: tony@comperex.oz (Tony Williams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac,aus.mac
Subject: Advice and Comments on Mac IIci and RasterOps Product
Message-ID: <297@comperex.oz>
Date: 19 Feb 90 01:54:06 GMT
Reply-To: tony@comperex.cx.oz (Tony Williams)
Organization: Comperex Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia
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	I am looking at purchasing a Mac IIci and would like some comments
on a few points. There is not a great deal of feedback about this system
that I have come across except a few references to a couple of problems
posted on the net. The ones I can remember were -
	Mouse intermittently locking up.
	Problem with printing to Imagewriter.
	Word 3.x not working correctly.

	Does anyone have any info on other possible problems with the 
hardware or software. I have heard through talking with other Mac users
that some software packages do not even get off the ground due to the 
machine type not being recognised.
	I wish to use an Imagewriter II on the system at first - any problem.
	Initially I intend to use an Apple Colour Monitor and then add I hope
a RasterOps 24-bit Board and possibly the Sony 19" Monitor - I would appreciate
an feedback anyone has on the RasterOps and Sony products.
	I understand that the machine's performance is quite slow with only
a small amount of RAM and using the internal video. I was hoping to use the
RAM initially with 2mb in Bank A and 3MB in Bank B - this I believe, pls correct me if I'm wrong, should allow me to get 8 bit colour and reasonable speed
overall.
	Lastly, I would eventually like to run A/UX and would like to know
what RAM requirements people have found effective and also whether creating 
a separate partition on a disk has any benefit to creating a separate disk 
for A/UX - if partitioning what size has been found affective.
                                    Many thanks in advance
					
						Tony Williams
					     Senior Systems Engineer