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From: antares
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00

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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997 10:11:55 -0600, Michael Hancock <JINX@Prodigy.net>
wrote:

>James C. Schell wrote:
>> Mac IIfx  40Mhz '040
>>      16MB RAM
>>      500MB Quantum SCSI Hard Disk
>>      FDHD Floppy Drive (1.44MB)
>>      14" Monitor (640x480)
>>      Extended Keyboard
>>      Apple Desktop Bus Mouse
>>      Ethernet board
>>      2nd DD Floppy Drive
>> 
>> Price:  $950
>> This is a complete system, not a stripped 4/40 systems like you'll see
>> with no keyboard,
>> no monitor, no video card.
>
>WHOA!  Are my eyes deceiving me?  YIKES!  A 68k Macintosh for almost
>$1,000?  $1200 gets you a 603e PowerMac with 16MBs memory and 1.2GB HD!
>Let's be realistic here, System 8 is not even going to run on a 68k
>machine, System 7.6 is the last version of the system to support 68k. 
>Not to mention that the IIfx is the hardest to upgrade Mac because it
>uses so many exotic parts, such as 68pin SIMMs.  You need to drop that
>price if you are planning to sell it...

That price on the PPC is without a monitor

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From: antares@intrex.net
Subject: Re: FS: Mac IIfx
Date: 1997/03/28
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