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From: hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: EZRAM II info needed
Summary: EZRAMII - ok   2 megs 120 ns !ok
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Date: 22 Jun 89 14:07:24 GMT
References: <8906220244.AA08485@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <8906220244.AA08485@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu>, cmm1@CUNIXA.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Christopher M Mauritz) writes:
> 
> I've been offered a brand new EZRAM II board with 2 megs of brand new 120ns
> 1mbit DRAMs for $285.  Is this a good price?  I seem to remember several
> people talking about the pluses and minuses of various boards, but I don't
> seem to remember how the EZRAM II fared in the discussion.  I have not seen
> the board yet, but does anyone know if it will fit under the RF shielding in
> my 1040ST?  I've installed a fan on top of the shield and I would rather keep

EZRAMII is a good version of a solderless ram upgrade.   It wants you 
to toss the video shifter shield, but the big one survives.

However, for a 2 meg upgrade you should use the 100 ns drams.
the 120 ns are best in the 256k drams which would not increase you memory
at all. ( remember you start with 1 meg, subract .5 meg, and add the addon
memory; yield 2.5 meg with 1meg drams, 1.0 meg with 256k drams.)

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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