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- From: ray@netcom.com (Ray Fischer)
- Subject: Re: Crystal Upgrades
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.040446.3999@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom. San Jose, California
- References: <1992Dec31.145418.21270@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 04:04:46 GMT
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- jek5036@ultb.isc.rit.edu (J.E. King) writes ...
- >Lastly: Can someone with a good working knowledge of the Classic II logic
- >board explain why it has a 16-bit RAM bus path (effectively making it an SX)?
-
- Simple. Price. The Classic II is a cheap computer for a reason.
- Computer manufacturers don't just charge arbitrary amounts of money
- for computers. Generally, the faster a computer is, the more
- expensive it is to design and manufacture.
-
- >Is this flaw repairable with a swap of components or something?
-
- 1) It isn't a flaw. If you wanted a faster Mac you should have
- _bought_ a faster Mac.
- 2) No. Going from a 16 bit bus to a 32 bit bus means adding
- components, traces, SIMM sockets, and other such hardware which
- means a) redesigning the computer, and b) rebuilding the computer.
- What you end up with is an SE/30.
-
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- Ray Fischer "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth
- ray@netcom.com than lies." -- Friedrich Nietszsche
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