Mac IIsi vs. IIci

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Sat Feb 2 23:28:44 2002

> Seriously, I have a chance to trade some PC stuff for either a IIsi or
> a IIci. Both are barebones - no harddrives, adapters or RAM. Looking
> at LowEndMac and Apple support, I'm leaning toward the IIci, but I
> thought for once I'd take advice *before* the aquisition. It'll
> probably run either A/UX or Linux/m68k.
> My main concern is RAM. They'll both take <100ns 30-pin non-parity,
> right? Any other gotchas? Yes, I have a Nubus video card.

Take the IIci. Three NuBus slots, one PDS, up to 128MB RAM, on-board FPU.
The IIsi is a cute little machine, but the IIci is much more practical. If
you're just being offered a choice between a bare IIci and bare IIsi, take
the IIci.

That said, I enjoy IIsis and they are nice and small units. The first Mac
I actually owned was a IIsi. However, I have two IIcis -- one will run A/UX
soon, and the other runs NetBSD/mac68k and powers the apartment network.

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