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In article <3oeovr$4bp@dockmaster.phantom.com>, steveg@phantom.com (Steve
G.) wrote:

> Jeff R. Ettenhofer (jre230@lulu.acns.nwu.edu) wrote:
> : I'm looking for an inexpensive way to bring my Mac IIci up to speed (i.e.
> : an accelerator). 

> Accelerator advice: DayStar is the way to go. Good customer support, 
> excellent compatability. Unfortunately, they outright refuse to sell 
> their accelerators for a more reasonable price, so you're gonna pay a bit 
> more than other cards (anywhere from $50 to $250 more, to be exact).

Agreed.  Daystar is DEFINITELY the way to go.  Besides the fact that their
compatibility is virtually 100% with everything, they've always had an
upgrade program whereby you were credited the full list price of your
current accelerator towards a new accelerator.  

I'm running a IIsi with a 33Mhz 68LC040 DayStar and it's virtually
indistinguishable from my Quadra 630 in terms of real world performance
(using Filemaker, MacTCP & Word).

Given the current prices on accelerators (not to mention Macs) you would
probably be better off going with a 33 Mhz 68040 or LC040 rather than with
a 50Mhz 68030.  A IIci is a great machine to accelerate since it's got 3
NuBus slots and doesn't require a special adaptor from DayStar to use
their accelerators.

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Peter Kapner
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