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From: roland@cochise.pcs.com (Roland Rambau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: SIMMs for the STE
Keywords: SIMM, STE,
Message-ID: <1990Mar20.152138.4211@pcsbst.pcs.com>
Date: 20 Mar 90 15:21:38 GMT
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apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:

->Here we go again: Standard SIMM Reply #1:
->The SIMMs are there mainly for the cost and space savings on the PC
->board, not so you can add memory to your machine.  Sometimes we use
->SIPs, not SIMMs, and they're soldered right into the board! Don't rush
->out and buy a 520STe expecting to be able to upgrade it.

  At least in Germany easy expandability to 4 MB is an 
_advertised_ feature of the STE ( was announced on the System'89 flyer
and is still being advertised right now ). 

  So a STE with no (working) SIMM-Slots must be considered broken ...

--

             I know that You believe You understand what You think I said, but
             I'm not sure You realize that what You heard is not what I meant.

Roland Rambau

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Roland Rambau

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