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From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: MDIdeas
Message-ID: <10740@claris.com>
Date: 12 Dec 89 01:44:43 GMT
References: <1989Dec11.211732.24609@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
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From article <1989Dec11.211732.24609@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>, by rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher):
> In article <1989Dec11.210007.24245@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher) writes:
>>
>>I got two free megs from Mac users who had upgraded and couldn't use their
>>256K SIMMs anymore, so you might want to check around because a lot of 
>>these are lying around in drawers.  Some dealers that do memory upgrades
>>also keep the old 256K SIMMs and they might sell them cheap.
> 
> I have 2 256K SIMMs that I can't use (mine's full), you can have them cheap
> if you want them.
> 
>>The OctoRam can only have one type of SIMM on it though, either 256K or
>>1 meg but not both, so to use 1 meg SIMMs you'll have to scrap your old
>>ones.  You can sell them to other OctoRam users though, and the 1 meg's
>>leave room on your card for future expansion.
> 
> One other thing, you can have 1, 2, 4, or 8 SIMMs on the OctoRam, either
> 1 meg or 256K, so don't buy expecting to put 3 or 5 SIMMS on the card.
> 
>>
> Rick Fincher
> rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu
You also have to set your jumpers correctly to tell the card what you put
on it.  If you need more info, I think I still have my one page manual
that came with my card two years ago ...
 
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