MAC question

[Mark Szidik]

I dunno if I want to mess around with it.  It has only 6 megs RAM and a
40MB! drive and is only running OS 6.x.x.
The surprising thing is it boots up super fast - like 30 seconds.


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Mark Szidik
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Michigan Library Consortium    http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us

On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Sean wrote:

> Hey just a thought. For 30 bucks you can get Sonnet  pds card for that to
> make it a 030 machine and that includes a FPU too!
>
> =)
>
> On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Paul Melson wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 05:02:50PM -0500, Mark Szidik wrote:
> > > I was given a Macintosh LC today, does it have any value or should I
> > > just dump it?
> >
> > 	LC or LCII is a doorstop.  The LCIII isn't much
> > 	better - 16Mhz 68030, 4MB onboard, 1 72-pin SIMM
> > 	slot (non-parity only, but it'll take up to 4x32)
> > 	and 8-bit color.  If it's got a NIC you could toss
> > 	m68k Linux on it and make it a print or X server.
> > 	Any VGA/SVGA monitor will work providing you have
> > 	a 15-pin wide to narrow converter (Eubulus sells
> > 	them for $20).  The big problem is that it'll
> > 	only take low-profile SCSI drives because of the
> > 	funky case design, so no tossing a 400MB drive
> > 	from a Centris or IIci in it. :(
> >
> > 	As far as resale value goes, you can buy refurbed
> > 	LCIIIs with 14" monitor, LC/NuBus NIC, 16MB RAM
> > 	(total 20MB) and 120MB drive for around $80/ea.
> > 	Hope that helps.
> >
> >
> > PaulM
> >
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