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From: slogan@ms.uky.edu (Stan Logan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: C128D vs. C64/1541 compatibility
Message-ID: <15422@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 7 Jun 90 15:57:24 GMT
Reply-To: slogan@ms.uky.edu (Stan Logan)
Organization: U of Kentucky, Mathematical Sciences
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In article <13868.266c3428@max.u.washington.edu> scott@max.u.washington.edu writes:
>In article <}8~$4L|@rpi.edu>, kudla@pawl.rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes:
>> hw3e 128D is expandable to 512K, but I know the 1750 et al. aren't made 
>> anymore. Is there any way to do so? 
> 
>Your are correct...but........           
>I just got the latest catalog from TENEX and one of the new items that
>they have started to carry is a 100% 1750 REU clone. This product
>was already available for number of years, and now it is being
>distributed by TENEX.
> 

Yes, the 128 is expandable to 512K, if you get an REU to do this.  However,
you do not need a 1750 to do so.  The 1750 clones are overpriced ($199.95) 
and you can do the same thing at home if you know how to hold a soldering
iron and how to be careful about being grounded (touching something metal
or standing on a conductive surface).  If interested, let me know or get the
directions off of one of the mail servers.  This basically involves buying a 
1764 REU and adding a few memory chips to its innards.  A more elaborate 
expansion adds up to 2 MEG in 256K increments.  

Stan