The LowEndQuadra 700 had 2 NuBus 90 Slots, three if you didn't use the PDS and had just terrible Video, even with 512k VRAM, so there went one NuBus Slot and another huge wad of $. AAUI Ethernet on the Mobo saved one slot if you could do without a 10/100bT card.
Better to upgrade your LC and wait it out for the Quadra 630 in hindsight. That puppy was the Gem of the Quadra Line, IMHO. It was a real workhorse for me and a great Entertainment Center for the Rug Rat! Gigantic IDE drives were available, just as fast as Apple's anemic SCSI performance and a purist (uninformed SCSI snob) could hook an external SCSI Drive up with the Scanners and CR-RW Drives that were finally coming down from their stratospheric pricing levels.
All the other Quadras cost at least an arm and a leg, especially the much vaunted 840av, which left you officially a paraplegic after buying it and tricking it out to do any of the things for which it was designed.
An LC Sandwich Hack? Delightfully over the top and it hit the right spot money wise, but most folks went for a shiny new Mac every time! :-/
If you didn't have the money for a good VidCard and a CRT larger than the one made for your LC . . . what the hell?
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Better to upgrade your LC and wait it out for the Quadra 630 in hindsight. That puppy was the Gem of the Quadra Line, IMHO. It was a real workhorse for me and a great Entertainment Center for the Rug Rat! Gigantic IDE drives were available, just as fast as Apple's anemic SCSI performance and a purist (uninformed SCSI snob) could hook an external SCSI Drive up with the Scanners and CR-RW Drives that were finally coming down from their stratospheric pricing levels.
All the other Quadras cost at least an arm and a leg, especially the much vaunted 840av, which left you officially a paraplegic after buying it and tricking it out to do any of the things for which it was designed.
An LC Sandwich Hack? Delightfully over the top and it hit the right spot money wise, but most folks went for a shiny new Mac every time! :-/
If you didn't have the money for a good VidCard and a CRT larger than the one made for your LC . . . what the hell?
)