----- Original Message ---- > From: PM7500 <[email protected]> > A IIfx will run System 6 (Boy will it ever run System 6), but their > rarity and high price does not make them a very good value for someone > looking to run System 6 software unless they already happen to have > one. The IIci was also a very fast System 6 machine, is more easily > obtained, cheaper, the memory upgrades are cheaper and easier to get, > isn't as fussy about handling devices as the IIfx and has built in > video where you need a Nubus card in a IIfx. There are also upgrades > out there to speed up the IIci to bring it closer to IIfx speeds > although those are hard to get and probably not going to be cheap. I > saw a complete IIci with 33mhz 030 upgrade recently for almost $400, > but a complete IIfx with fully upgraded RAM and an accelerated video > card would probably go for around twice that. > Are those sale prices for the IIci real!! I have no reason to doubt you, I'm just in awe. I still use a IIci with a 50MHz upgrade every work day as an employee time clock. And I have a IIfx in storage with 80 MB of RAM with accelerated video. Those kind of sale prices would move my retirement to at least a month earlier :-). Ooh, and that does not count my SE/30 running OS 8 with an IIfx ROM and my other SE. And I can put together a Mac II with an accelerated CPU chip. Holly molly Is the collectibles market for these classics really that high, considering the recession and the state of the economy? A little extra income would help with the heating bills :-) ---glen
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