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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga World review about A3000
Message-ID: <11287@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 3 May 90 17:29:19 GMT
References: <18226@snow-white.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <18226@snow-white.udel.EDU> 802360644%RUMAC%UPR1.UPR.CUN.EDU@ncsuvm.ncsu.edu (Angel Asencio) writes:
>Hi folks:

>  BTW, in page 20, they talk about RAM memory and in a part they said
>and I quote " Total memory -and this is staggering- could be expanded
>up to 1.7 gigabytes (that's 1700 megabytes,..."

>  Could anyone confirm if this is RAM memory?

It could be.  The deal is, there are several places RAM can go.  Other than the
18 megabytes total possible on the motherboard, there's 128 Megs of space 
reserved for memory expansions on the Coprocessor slot, plus 1.75 Gigabytes of
memory space reserved for Zorro III expansion cards, which can of course be
memory cards.  With current 4 Megabit ZIP DRAMs, you might just be able to 
squeeze 64 Megs on a Zorro III card, which would let you add 256 Megs of bus
memory in the 3000.  With the advent of 16 Meg chips, you might just be able
to put a Gigabyte out there.  You'd have to be both rich and nutty to do this,
and without a careful RAM card design you might hear the power supply complain.

The bottom line is, there's lots of expansion address space, and you're not
going to use it all up in the next few years.  I'm waiting for someone to
come along with an actual use for more than 18 or so megabytes, though I
suppose it'll happen.  I can remember back when 32K seemed like lots of memory.


>                                           Angel //
>                                               \X/


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