. . . hands down the IIx is a FAR better machine! Back in the day I was shopping for a used Mac II in order to save money. One of the used dealers said I was nuts and that the IIx would end up only a little more expensive than the II once I did the FDD/PMMU upgrade.
I was in the market for a launch pad for the Radius Rocket 33 co-processor card (though the 68030 in the IIx was hardly worth the investment I made in RocketShare) I had my heart set upon and it ran for YEARS! The IIx /Rocket combo wound up getting me thru the entire Quadra Era without my needing to buy one. I finally got a brand new Quadra 630 as a backup to the IIx/Rocket and a home workstation I could use when the rug rat was asleep. It was installed in a custom Desk/Computer Workstation I built to fit between the custom dresser and captain's bed I built for his tiny room in our "junior four" Riverdale (Borough of the Bronx, NYC) Co-op.
To make a long story short, fix the IIx board after a little practice and if you bork it, just chuck it and look for a IIfx board as a replacement!
IMHO, of course!
jt =8-/
I was in the market for a launch pad for the Radius Rocket 33 co-processor card (though the 68030 in the IIx was hardly worth the investment I made in RocketShare) I had my heart set upon and it ran for YEARS! The IIx /Rocket combo wound up getting me thru the entire Quadra Era without my needing to buy one. I finally got a brand new Quadra 630 as a backup to the IIx/Rocket and a home workstation I could use when the rug rat was asleep. It was installed in a custom Desk/Computer Workstation I built to fit between the custom dresser and captain's bed I built for his tiny room in our "junior four" Riverdale (Borough of the Bronx, NYC) Co-op.
To make a long story short, fix the IIx board after a little practice and if you bork it, just chuck it and look for a IIfx board as a replacement!
IMHO, of course!
jt =8-/