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Apple Computer has recently introduced new Macs with enhanced ROMs (read only memory, or computer chips that take care of basic system functions), extra storage memory and larger capacity internal disk drives. There is also the Mac Plus, with its expanded memory capabilities and SCSI port (pronounced scuzzy, sexy, sushi depending on how it's acting at the time). Actually, the SCSI stands for Small Computer Standard Interface, and is a system for hooking up extra devices such as hard disk drives...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Computer Upgrades: Giving an Old Mac Some New Tricks | 10/22/1986 | See Source »

...SCSI logic board, which comes standard on the Mac Plus, adds several features unnecessary for the average student, but advantageous for special applications. With the board, users can add up to four megabytes of RAM and hook-up peripherals such as hard disk drives through the SCSI port. A SCSI upgrade for an old 512k Mac costs $418 plus installation from Harvard's computer store...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Computer Upgrades: Giving an Old Mac Some New Tricks | 10/22/1986 | See Source »

...about adding a hard drive, the SCSI is a must because other hard drive interfaces follow different standards, and thus might be incompatible with some software. You must have 512k and the new ROMs/800k disk drive before upgrading an old Mac with the new logic board. Additionally, the SCSI port changes the connectors on your printer and modem ports, requiring additional adapter cables (about...

Author: By Evan O. Grossman, | Title: Computer Upgrades: Giving an Old Mac Some New Tricks | 10/22/1986 | See Source »

...lean and solid port rower has achieved many successes in individual scull competition, but "there's nothing like rowing in a good eight, "Parker says. "The team experience is unique--there's no other sport where eight people are so obviously dependent on one another...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Perseverance and Desire | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

SIDON, Lebanon--A missile destroyed an Israeli warplane during raids on Palestinian guerrilla bases near this ancient port yesterday, the day after a bloody grenade attack in Jerusalem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Israeli Warplanes Hit Lebanese PLO Bases | 10/17/1986 | See Source »

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