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- Subject: Re: MAC WIZARDS UNITE!!!
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- Date: 18 Dec 92 20:16:54 GMT
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- afry@troi.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Dec18.002935.27341@rchland.ibm.com> you write:
-
- >Go external. That way you still get 2 floppies, and if you upgrade from the
- >SE, you just unplug the external HD and plug it in to your new machine. I
- >would say don't get anything less than 200MB.
-
- Especially since the Quatum and Maxtor 200Mb drives are so cheap
- these days. I recommend cheking out APS, you can find them in the back
- of your favorite Mac mag.
-
- >>3. I want to accelerate this machine with a 68020 or 030.
- >>What boards are the best and cheapest?
-
- >I think the best are the Daystar Powercache family of accelerators. One of
- >the big advantages is that if you decide to upgrade from your SE, you just
- >buy a different adapter card for your Powercache, and you can use it in your
- >new machine. They run from about $500 to $1300 depending on the speed and
- >FPU. There are cheaper accelerators for the SE; I've seen 25MHz for about
- >$300 (look in the back of MacWorld/MacUser).
-
- I agree here that Daystar makes the best accelerator cards, IMHO.
- The only problem is the fac that they have yet to produce the SE
- adaptor. When they do, you will be able to add SIMMs to the adaptor that
- the accelerator uses as system RAM. You can add up to 16MB, the RAM on
- the motherboard can then be used as a RAM disk, or possibly pseudo
- virtual memory.
-
- >You have to get a motherboard upgrade if you go internal. I think there are
- >external FDHD's that don't require an upgrade. You'd have to look into it.
-
- There are a couple of external FDHD drive on the market...
-
- >>6. What other options can I add to make this machine HOT?
-
- >You could get an external portrait monitor. You would be surprised what the
- >extra screen space will do for you.
-
- It is possible to get the Daystar adaptor with a video out port on
- it for your favorite color monitor. It costs a little extra, but is
- probably worth it.
-
- >You might also consider upgrading to an SE/30 motherboard. You get color
- >capability (with a card), 8 simm slots, stereo sound, FDHD ability, virtual
- >memory ability, and a considerably faster machine. Then add a video card
- >and 13" (at least) color monitor.
-
- This would be THE thing to do to an SE, however the SE/30
- motherboard upgrade is no longer offered by Apple. They removed it from
- their price lists back in Sept. - Oct.
-
- --
- -Brian V. Hughes
- "If you could care less, then why don't you?"
-