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- From: sell@wam.umd.edu (Steven Sell)
- Subject: Re: TIME TO IBM??? Plus No Good No More
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.165844.21474@wam.umd.edu>
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- Organization: Workstations at Maryland, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1992Sep15.105610.21861@kth.se>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 16:58:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep15.105610.21861@kth.se> f91-gal@nada.kth.se (Goeran
- Alterland) writes:
- > Being a longtime user of a MacPlus I now consider upgrading it
- > or, more likely, to move to the PC-world. Before making such an
- > horrible decision (moving to PC that is) I would appriciate if any
- > fellow MacNetter could tell me what - and if thre are - ways to
- > accomplish the following requirements on the Plus, while still
- > fitting in the <1000 USD space that a brand new 486dx33 would cost:
- >
- > 68030 action - at least 16 Mhz
- >
- > System 7 compability
- >
- > FPU
- >
- > At least 8 Mb attachable ram - but rather more
- >
- > Is thre a product which could deliver all of this?
- > Please note that colour is no concern, althought it wouldent go amiss
- > if it was thrown in for free...
- >
- > As it stands I've heard of a couple of products that sound intresting,
- > namley Railgun 030 and MicroMac. Are there any Netters out threre using
- > these and what are your impressions?
- >
- > Finaly is it possible to connect a SuperDrive to the Plus? How much does
- > that cost?
- >
- > -G.ALT-
- >
- You may want to check out the new line of macs comming out this fall.
- They are really inexpensive and they are 68030's. They're called the
- Performa line. It's posted in the announcement newsgroup.
-
-
- Steve
-