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- From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (R. Scott Truesdell)
- Subject: Re: Mobius SE accelerator/display
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- References: <1992Aug27.231118.4242@aquila.sni-usa.com>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 23:28:57 GMT
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-
- In article <1992Aug27.231118.4242@aquila.sni-usa.com>,
- voydock@obscure.sni-usa.com (Vic Voydock) wrote:
- >
- > Mobius Technologies sells two products for the Mac SE. Both include a board
- > that is a combination of an 030 accelerator and a display controller. One
- > product includes a one page display, the other a two page display.
-
- I have installed several of these systems and use one myself at home with
- System 7. The reason I went for this was because of the quality of the
- screen as I observed it at MacWorld Expo almost two years ago. The quality
- is almost as good as Apple's own monitors and better than most 3rd party
- monitors. The accelerator speed is noticibly faster than a stock SE and
- maybe even faster than a Mac II. It's hard to say. Theoretically it should
- faster than a Mac II but I think there are architechtural differences which
- may hamper the Mobius. In any event, mine does not have a math coprocessor
- or PMMU.
-
- Most software runs fine on it--certainly Word 4 & 5, Excel 3 & 4, MacDraw
- II, THINK compilers, telecommunication programs, etc. Notable exceptions
- are programs that use sound. The sound routines in the SE ROM does not work
- right with accelerators. Mobius knows this. It can cause my Mac to crash.
- So I turn off sound and just live with it.
-
- Would I do it again?
-
- Maybe. It's cost effective, for sure, and I could not have gotten anywhere
- near the package in an upgraded system for anywhere near the price. (sell
- the SE, buy a IIcx, monitor, etc.) However, I feel the limits of 4MB RAM
- and no color QuickDraw.
-
- --scott
-