I agree with Nathan Raymond.  That's a nice summary.

At 11:48 PM 11/16/97, Nathan Raymond wrote:
>On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Austin Brower wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>      After experimenting with NetBSD/Mac68k 1.2.1 on my high school=BCs
>> Mac IIsi, I have decided to buy my own Mac to use NetBSD on.  Since I am
>> basically a poor teenager, I looked into buying an older II series Mac.
>> I came up with two choices:
>> Mac IIcx - 8mb RAM 80mb HD and 8-bit video w/mouse for $99
>> Mac IIsi - 5mb RAM 40mb HD w/mouse for $99
>> (These are both from Small Dog Electronics)
>>
>>      My problem is this: what system would be the best for NetBSD?  The
>> IIcx is slower, processor-wise, than the IIsi, but the IIsi only has 5mb
>> RAM and a small HD.  Which would be the most bang for the buck?
>
>The IIcx is the better choice.  Two free NuBus slots (one is taken up by
>the video card) an FPU, and 8 SIMM slots (two banks of 4).  RAM based
>video in the IIsi also means that less memory will be available for NetBSD
>- i.e. not even 5MB, whereas all 8MB in the IIcx is RAM.  The IIcx can
>also be expanded to 128MB of RAM, where as the IIsi only has 4 SIMM slots
>for a max of 65MB.  The IIcx has simple and elegant internals, the IIsi is
>more cluttered.  The 20Mhz 030 in the IIsi (vs. the 16Mhz in the IIcx)
>doesn't make that big a difference in the overall stats.  Go with the
>IIcx.

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