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From: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RAM for a Mac + and monitor
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Date: 18 Sep 90 17:31:42 GMT
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CHARLES BOOS writes in a message on 17 Sep 90:

CB>  I am thinking of installing 4 Mb of RAM into my mac + but I 
CB>  have heard that the power supply for the plus hasn't been updated 
CB>  since well before the 528 was introduced resulting in an increased 
CB>  risk of burning out the power supply.  I have already had to 
CB>  replace my power supply once because of this burnout and I am 
CB>  worried that 4Mb would be too much of a strain on  my current 
CB>  unit.  Also, I was considering a portrait monitor(with accelerator 
CB>  card) and I am worried about the power supply still.  Does anyone 
CB>  have a similar configuration and if you do what problems do 
CB>  you note?  Let me know as I can get the SIMM's and the monitor 
CB>  relatively cheap but I don't need recurring repair bills and 
CB>  down time.  Thanks. ...


I have 4 megs in my Plus, and have had no problems.  I've used a Kensington
System Saver Mac since I bought the machine two years ago, and I also leave
the machine on all the time to alleviate the power and thermal stresses on the
analog board (don't know if it _really_ helps, but that's how I do it anyway).
 Word has it that:

a)  yes, the Plus analog board _has_ been beefed up since its introduction (when
it was basically the same as a 128K analog board), and

b)  newer, bigger RAM chips actually draw less power than the ones Apple installed
at the factory.  So power draw and heat would be less.

I hope someone can confirm the above.

And the opinion I've gotten from what I've read is, don't accelerate--just buy
a newer, faster machine.  Accelerators don't always work like you'd think they
should.  For example, the TSI accelerator boards don't work with Jasmine hard
drives.  Little niggling things like that will bother you forever.  Just buy
an LC or whatever.

--Adam--
 

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