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From: jacquemin-michel@CS.YALE.EDU (Michel Jacquemin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Summary of responses (What can I do with 256K SIMMs?)
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Date: 5 Dec 89 19:39:48 GMT
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I received a message asking me to post the responses I got to my
request about what to do with 256K SIMMs.  Here goes:

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From: coherent.com!dplatt@harvard.UUCP

An outfit called ComputerCare sells an enhancement board ("MacRescue")
which attaches to the Mac 128k and 512k motherboards.  It has slots for
6 SIMMs, which can be loaded with either 256k or 1m SIMMs.  Also comes
with a SCSI port.  I don't know whether it requires that the 128k Mac be
upgraded to a 512ke (ROM/disk upgrade from Apple) first, or whether it
can be used with a "naked" 128 or 512.

A guy who works for our company just ordered one, with which to stuff
his 512ke... I'm going to sell him some of our leftover 256k SIMMs and
help him upgrade his machine to a reasonable size.  He ordered the board
on Friday... about $350, I believe.  They advertise in the back pages of
MacWorld.

I recall reading some years ago that people had successfully hotwired
additional memory into their 128k machines, without having to replace
the motherboard... but the job was messy to do, didn't use SIMMs, and
was not for the faint of heart.
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Other people suggested that I use the 256K SIMMs in a MacII or SE,
or sell it to somebody who has a MacII or SE.
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Michel Jacquemin