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- From: rroberts@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ross Allan Roberts)
- Subject: Re: SE to SE/30: Worth It?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.144320.1956@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 14:43:20 GMT
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- >I'd definitely take the IIsi over the SE/30. It's got a faster processor,
- >built-in color video (it's not great, but it beats the heck out of no
- >built-in video at all), sound-input, a full 32-bit data path like the
- >SE/30, power on from the keyboard, power off from the Special menu, much
- >better expansion capabilities, 32-bit clean ROMs, and easier access to the
- >guts. The only disadvantage I can think of is the "limited" RAM expansion
- >(65MB vs 128MB with 16MB SIMMs).
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- Have you actually RUN a IIsi? I dont' get it really... I have a SE/30, and
- occasionally play with a si at work... and for as 'powerful' as it is,
- that si is very pokey. In fact all the si's I ever had a chance to diddle
- with did just that... diddle along, at their meager pace. I think the
- internal video kills any speed advantage the si has over the cx or SE/30.
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- The only new-machine option that's close is the ClassicII, and it's
- crippled by a 16-bit data path. Get the upgrade for your SE... in the end,
- you'll have the better machine.
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