25 Jan
2001
25 Jan
'01
1:38 a.m.
I've seen these things around, a local advertising firm had stacks of them
they were throwing away. These are basically Macintosh IIfx's clock chipped
from 40MHz to 50MHz, in a gigantic metal tower case
with power and frame key
locks. An interesting machine, but remember before
buying...
1 - The IIfx uses wacko 64-Bit (I think) SIMMs that aren't compatable with
anything except a particular LaserWriter. These are VERY hard to find and
expensive.
2 - The case weighs a TON. I'm not kidding, think double width MicroVAX II
tower case here, but with thicker sheet metal. Shipping will be very
expensive.
3 - It's still a 68030 processor. A slow Quadra (68040) can give it a run
for it's money.
From: "Mike Ford" <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:04 AM
Subject: RE: eBay Dash30fx
>Just a FYI you don't see these come up very
often, Dash30fx, 50 mhz hot
rod
of a IIfx mac.
$50 s&h put me off bidding.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1208740462
Bid is up to $250 with 2 days to go, is this a horse race or what?
Kind of makes me wonder what my "personal" buy/sell price might be. I know
I have at least a $50 itch for one, $100 much less so, but if I found one
what would it take to pry it away? I'm not sure I would be willing to sell
if I had a nice condition unit for even $250.
BTW mac.com is just the free email account everybody gets with an imac or
new mac. Kind of like a yahoo email account (no phone access, just
storage), but with some web space to show how creative and different
thinking you now are.