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- From: kayser@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov (Susan E. Kayser NSSDC/STX (301)513-1673)
- Subject: Re: Cache Card Sizes
- Message-ID: <15SEP199217250933@nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 22:25:00 GMT
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- In article <0ehDejS00WBL46lltJ@andrew.cmu.edu>, Eric Andrew Morgan <em31+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes...
- >I have a Mac IIci with 8megs of memory and would like to buy an
- >unaccelerated Cache card, e.g. no PowerCache, etc. Is there any real
- >performance difference between the 32k, 64k and 128k cache cards? What
- >are some reliable, and CHEAP cache cards? Thanks in advance.
-
- There isn't supposed to be much difference in performance for the larger
- caches. Most cards seem to be reliable, and run $150 - $250. Some have
- associated software, so you can turn the cache off if you want. I've got one,
- but I don't notice much difference in the kind of work I do.
-
- Susan Kayser NCF::KAYSER or kayser%nssdca.span@star.stanford.edu
- Hughes/STX at NASA/GSFC/NSSDC
- Greenbelt, MD
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