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Re: IIci (PPC) Accelerator



Alexander E. Schmidt (aschmidt@m.isar.de) wrote:
: I was about three months not regulary on this newsgroup. Can anymody tell
: me the state up to now about DayStars announcement about devellopping an
: PPC board for a IIci.
: So far I noticed that Daystar needs an 68040 for a PPC. But a IIci has a 68030.
: DayStar announced a PPC board for the beginning of 1995 - so far I heard
: of nothing. Also my dealer couldn't give me some news.
: If somebody gets some information about this topic, it would be nice to
: hear from you what's the state up to now.

The PPC card for the IIci was officially released about a month ago - at 
a street cost of about $1299. In my book, that puts it solidly in the 
"Definately Not Worth It" category since you can buy a 6100/60 w/8-MB RAM 
and a 250-MB HD for the same $$$.