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Tallgeese
Full Member
USA
523 Posts |
 Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 15:35:24
I have a IIsi. A number of people I know have IIci's. My old HS had II's, IIx's, and a IIcx or two. I've seen some places use IIfx's. However, in all the years i have been vintage-mac hunting, I have yet to see a IIvx. Were they uncommon? Are they just a myth? Or were they never sold in the midwest?
PFC Tallgeese
68k Mac Liberation Army
68k Macs Liberated: 3 |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2001 : 15:41:29
As far as i know, the IIvx was available everywhere in America. However, the IIvi was only available to other countries.Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2001 : 07:37:39
I don't think they were particularly common. I remember at one stage I was excited about maybe getting once since it had an internal CD drive (WOW!)~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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LeeMac
Trading Post Commander
USA
202 Posts |
Posted - 11 Nov 2001 : 23:54:14
Not to long ago I saw a IIvx with keyboard and mouse in a thrift store for $20. I didn't have the cash on me so I left and went to the ATM and returned to procure my my new old Apple. It was gone!The people in the thrift store had to help me to my car as I weeped in sorrow. If I had had only been prepared. Now I keep $25 in my wallet just for such an emergency!General LeeMac M.A.C ( Mac Action Commando)
Macs Liberated 0001
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 09:49:58
The IIvx was voted one of the 10 worst macs of all time, you know. Other than the fact that it was the first mac with an internal CD-ROM, it didn't have a lot going for it.Private EL CINE
68K Macintosh Liberation Army
Master of the Mac II series forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 4 |
Tallgeese
Full Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 14:16:52
What was so terribly bad about it?
PFC Tallgeese
68k Mac Liberation Army
68k Macs Liberated: 3 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 12 Nov 2001 : 15:38:31
First of all, the case is ugly and looks too much like a Wintel box. Second, it's running a 32MHz chip on a 16Mhz bus! Third, although it does have 4MB RAM soldered onto the Mobo, like the Quadra 700 it only has 4 RAM slots, thus limiting it to 68 megs of total RAM.A stock IIci, which was released 3 years before it, tests 30% faster than the IIvx, even though it has a slower processor. Add a measly 32k cache and it's 60% faster. Look at it this way: Imagine that tommorrow Apple started selling a new iMac that had a built in DVD-R, but was slower than a stock Bondi-Blue, looked like it came from Dell and only had one 144-pin SDRAM slot. Yeah, that wouldn't really make any sense. This is especially poignant today when you can probably get either for about $10. Private EL CINE
68K Macintosh Liberation Army
Master of the Mac II series forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 4 Edited by - cinemafia on 12 Nov 2001 16:22:05 |
Tallgeese
Full Member
USA
523 Posts |
Posted - 14 Nov 2001 : 22:31:48
Wow... now I'm really glad I didn't replace my IIsi with a IIvx, and got a SCSI CD drive instead...
Sgt. Tallgeese
Apple II Squad Leader
68k Mac Liberation Army
68k Macs Liberated: 3 |
GORDOOM
Junior Member
Canada
208 Posts |
Posted - 15 Nov 2001 : 04:44:25
Another problem with the IIvx is that (IIRC) the SCSI controller they used was an older and slower version, which made the machine useless for many tasks requiring a decent SCSI connection. For example, a burner on a IIvx is basically a glorified paperweight.GORDOOM
Commander, Academic Operations Reserve
(University of Toronto, St. George Campus)
total Macs liberated: 4
(as of November 8, 2001) "...the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do." |
IIvx where art thou?
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