Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mailrus!uwmcsd1!lakesys!macak From: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac //x upgrade (price)? Message-ID: <1057@lakesys.UUCP> Date: 24 Sep 88 17:51:47 GMT References: <1797@uokmax.UUCP> Reply-To: macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) Distribution: na Organization: Lake Systems - Milwaukee, WI Lines: 53 In article <1797@uokmax.UUCP> rob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K Shull) writes: >So, is there any word on the availability/price of an upgrade from Mac // >to Mac //x. I'm especially interested in the drive upgrade. > Robert >-- >Robert K. Shull >University of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network The following is paraphrased from Apple's press release about the Mac IIx (by the way, the press release refers to it as the Macintosh IIx, not the Macintosh //x): Apple will eventually offer four upgrade levels for owners of Macintosh II computers: 1) Currently available is a PMMU chip. This provides upgraded memory management for the Mac II. Apple states that "the PMMU chip is required for the A/UX operating system and will be used by future versions of the Macintosh operating system." 2) Available "during the fourth calendar quarter" will be a 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive Upgrade Kit. It includes including the new drive, system ROMs and the SWIM chip. The kit allows Mac II user to replace an 800K drive with the FDHD or add an FDHD as a second drive. 3) The date for the availability for a Macintosh IIx Logic Board Upgrade Kit was not specified. This kit will provide a Macintosh II user with "both the functionality associated with the built-in MMU and the improved performance associated with the 68030 and the 68882." 4) By using both the Logic Board Upgrade Kit and the FDHD kit, a standard Macintosh II "can achieve full system equivalence with the Macintosh IIx system." The suggested retail price for a 4MB/80MB (RAM/Hard disk) Macintosh IIx system is $9,369. Without a hard disk drive, the suggested retail price of a 4MB/FDHD system is $7,769. The suggested retail price for the Logic Board Upgrade Kit (requiring the trade-in of the current logic board) will be $2,199. The suggested retail price of the FDHD Upgrade Kit is $599; the PMMU chip is priced at $499. Jim -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Jim --> macak@lakesys.UUCP (Jim Macak) {Standard disclaimer, nothin' fancy!} >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<