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Article #4015Re: upgrading MacII to a 68030 machine
From: ned.horvath
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1989 15:05
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1989 15:05
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From article <763@swbatl.UUCP>, by uucibg@swbatl.UUCP (3929):
> I'm thinking about going the 'blessed' route to 68030-ness (the Apple
> upgrade from Mac II to Mac IIx). The list on this is $2,199 for just the
> motherboard. As I understand it, this is just the board swap where they
> take (rip? :-) out your machines motherboard and put in a IIx motherboard
> and then move the SIMMs on your original motherboard to the new one.
> By the way, I am aware that the drive upgrade is $599 (and requires the IIx
> motherboard).
You should also consider installing a PMMU ("real" MMU, 68581); Apple wants
around $500 list (including installation), the great Harvey Mudd MUG dodge
is costing me $170 plus installation. Note that the '581 is a proper
superset of the '030 MMU capabilities, so the only think you're giving away
is the data cache. I believe Peripheral Land is marketing a superdrive that
works with pre-IIx Macs, so that needn't be a gating factor.
The "royal road" is a LOT more expensive in this case...
=Ned=
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