On Friday, Sep 6, 2002, at 08:00 Europe/London, Stuart Bell wrote:
> > On Friday, September 6, 2002, at 05:41 AM, J.S. Garrison wrote: > >> Yeah, I'm dying because I missed an opportunity to purchase an >> accelerator for a Classic from eBay a few days back. Accelerated Macs >> are still a >> cool concept. > > It's interesting that on ebay.co.uk, Classics make far more than > SE/30s, > despite the fact that the latter is soooo much better architecturally. > And SE/30 will thrash even an accelerated Classic. And, conversely an accelerated SE/30 (mine has a 50MHz '030) will whip the sorry beeehind of many a lesser 68k Mac, including all the '030 LC machines!. With 32MB of RAM and System 7.1 it flies and is a joy to use. If only I had something I could use it for.... FWIW I think even the Mac SE is faster than a stock Classic, and it has a PDS slot for the potential addition of an ethernet card, which I have done on mine. Sure it ain't flatteringly fast at ethernet but at least it works! It is possible to shoe-horn a Turbo 040 card into an SE/30. I wish I had the adapter to try it, that and an ethernet NIC would make a mean compact Mac, kinda like a black and white Mystic but more retro :). I do have a Turbo 040 - it resides in my IIci at the moment. That machine is a Photoshop museum piece. It has a 4xDSP accelerated gfx card in as well :) -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Mac LC Central -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
