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Re: MacSprint II vs. PMMU upgrade

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From: Vadim Lander
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 1990 01:27
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In article <9325@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, pa1743@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Jethro Bodean) writes...
> 
>If I have a Mac II plain w/o a PMMU chip would I be better off
>spending the ~$150 for the PMMU chip or the ~$230 for MacSprint II?

You are talking about two different functionalities here.  The answer is you
want both.  You want the MacSprint II board now to improve the speed and
you'll want the PMMU chip later to take advantage of the virtual memory
offered by system 7.

- Vadim Lander
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From: lander@bulean.enet.dec.com (Vadim Lander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: MacSprint II  vs.   PMMU upgrade
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Date: 27 Mar 90 01:27:37 GMT
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