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- From: cyor@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca ( )
- Subject: Re: IIsi expansion questions
- Message-ID: <Btq1t4.Myy@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <1992Aug17.125018.101@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 01:36:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.125018.101@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov>, Rob Winters <rwinters@nhqvax.hq.nasa.gov> writes:
- > If all of this is in a FAQ somewhere, please point me to it!!!
- >
- > I'm contemplating buying a IIsi, and I'm a little confused about
- > expansion options. My crude unterstanding is that there is an
- > interface on the IIsi (call it "Slot X") that accepts a daughterboard
- > that will in turn accept either a PDS card or a NuBus card. Other
- > vendors also have boards that fit in Slot X that provide for more
- > than one board, cache, FPU, etc.
- >
- > I'm reading that it's probably desireable to have a video card in
- > order to free up the IIsi's memory and CPU for better performance.
- > Has anyone compared the performance of built-in video with that
- > of old, cheap, lame, 4-bit cards like the Toby frame buffer card?
- >
- > If any external video is better than built-in video, then I want to
- > use a NuBus video card as described above. What are my options for
- > Nubus expansion of the IIsi. Are there Slot X cards that provide more
- > than one Nubus slot, or a NuBus and a PDS slot?
- >
- > Who vends Slot X to Nubus adapters? Just Apple?
- >
- > What's the diff between a PDS slot and an SE/30 slot? Any?
- >
- > If all of the decent Slot X adapter cards provide PDS (and not NuBus),
- > what are my options in the realm of 4 and 8 bit PDS video cards?
- >
- >
- > Thanks for any info.
-
-
- One good news and one bad news;
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- Good News: Please note that a company called SECOND WAVE (Texas, Austin)
- produced expansion box for the IIsi.
-
- Bad News: That is a bad company. Please see my article under
- $$$$$$$$ WARNING !!! $$$$$$$$
-
- I have received mail from one person saying that she heard of
- bad things about SECOND WAVES also. This company has to be
- nailed down. Any suggestion?
-
-
- If you want to lose lots of money, then it is a good idea to do
- business with them. They are expert in cheating money and have
- lots of techniques in getting away with it.
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- IF ANYBODY HAS ANY BAD EXPERIENCE WITH SECOND WAVE,
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- PLEASE MAIL TO ME. I AM COLLECTING ALL THE CASES AND
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- TRY TO HAVE THE LAW TO TEACH THEM A LESSION.
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- P.S. They EVEN IGNORE complaints coming from Better Business.
- I wonder who, in this world, can give me a hand to nail them down.
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