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Post #58 by Trash80toHP_Mini
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryHardware
Post DateSat, 21 Nov 2015 - 21:09
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/identify-this-board.1052/
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I regret I do not have the video card / adaptor.

As mentioned, the strength of this accelerator in particular is that unlike its competitors at the time it had 8 SIMM sockets, the others didn't, mostly the others carried no provision for memory expansion.
Yeah, pixels were in very short supply back in the day. ::)

In your Accelerator Test post, none of the Accelerators were tested with any significant amount of RAM on board. 2.5MB max. in only one case, with most having 2MB split between MoBo and Accelerator. In 1988, RAM wasn't quite the big deal it became after System 7 began hoovering it up. For second and third generation Accelerators it became a very important indeed. Heck, 1MB was standard equipment for the top of the line Mac II at that time.