NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/hardware/15929

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Subject: Re: Speeding up my LC whats the best way?
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From: [e-mail] (Nigel Stanger)
Date: 26 Aug 92 13:22:28 +1300
References: <micah.714731120@milton>
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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[e-mail] (Micah Anderson) writes:
> I want to know what the best way to speed up my LC... I am about to
> (tomorrow) install 8 more megs of RAM (10 total) and 512kVRAM (what this is
> for eludes me...) but what should I get (cheaply) that can speed this hummer
> up? A math coprocessor?

An FPU probably won't speed things up at all, unless you're into
lots of heavy-duty mathematical calculation, and the software you
use takes advantage of it. It certainly won't speed up screen
display or your word processor, for example.

The only real way to speed up your LC in any meaningful way would
be to buy an accelerator board (what do you consider "cheap"?).
Me, I'm going all out and buying a 50MHz PowerCache 030
accelerator (Daystar Digital) -- you can get one from ~$1500
upwards, depending on who you talk to. The PowerCache also comes
in 33MHz and 40MHz versions, which are (naturally) cheaper. Check
out the ads in Macworld or MacUser.

Now, can anyone give me a good price for asbestos wallpaper? :)

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