Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Wanted: Hacks for the Toshiba T1000 or T1000SE Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 90 08:59:45 GMT References: <896@limbo.Intuitive.Com> <118@travis.csd.harris.com> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 50 In-reply-to: leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com's message of 27 Jun 90 13:35:50 GMT >>>>> leoh@hardy.hdw.csd.harris.com (Leo Hinds) said: > taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >>Christopher Williamson at UMD writes: >> >>> -=- Upgraded your RAM to 2MB in a T1000SE >>> (there are leads on the internal board for 1 more MB) >> >>You can get a 1 or 2 MB memory upgrade board from Toshiba, y'know. >>It evidentally fits into a custom slot on the CPU board (or it might >>be SIMMs; I don't quite have my SE on hand yet) > Yes, but the credit card style memory upgrade is *EXPENSIVE*. If you > (or any of your friends) is handy at soldering .050" pitch leads > (20 per chip, 8 chips + caps), then for a mere fraction of the > "Official Toshiba 1MB upgrade card", & (most importantly a voided > warrantee) you can get a 1MB upgrade. I just bought a third-party 2MB memory expansion card for my T1000XE for $395. This was an acceptable price for me. It's made by a company called Apricorn and it works flawlessly. I now have 2.4 MB of EMS memory that I'm using for a RAM disk, the PC-Kwik hard disk cache, and more EMS memory for applications such as Epsilon. You could try calling the place I bought mine from to see if they have any available: Portable Land 5112 Lindley Ave Encino, CA 91316 (818) 892 0254 (818) 895 8660 I bought my T1000XE from them as well, for $1725. They advertised the T1000SE for $1029, though these prices are about two months old. They add a 2% surcharge to all credit card orders. With UPS ground shipping, the memory card arrived at my home in San Francisco the next day. I am very interested in hearing more about the leads on the internal board for one more MB. If this can be exploited, the 1000SE/XE can be expanded to 4 MB RAM, or maybe the fictional "EPROM full of utilities" can be stuck in there. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "man, this is weak."