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From: ersys!davem@nro.cs.athabascau.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: What chips needed to upgrade ATI VGA Wonder to  512k
Message-ID: <ii93q2w163w@ersys.uucp>
Date: 15 Oct 90 14:52:41 GMT
References: <5263@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca>
Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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dragon@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca (Edward YEE) writes:

> Hello,
> 
>    I have an ATI VGA Wonder with 256k right now, and I would like to
> upgrade it to 512k.
> 
>    I went to my local computer store, and asked for the 8 chips to do
> the upgrade.  They tried to sell me chips with the number 24164 (or
> something like this), at $11.00 each!
> 
>    I always thought it would require about $30-$40 dollars worth of DRAM
> to upgrade, not $90.
> 
>    What chips are needed to do the upgrade? (is it 64k x 4 chips?  if so,
> what does the 64k x 4 mean? [electronics rookie here]  does it mean it
> requires 4 chips to get 64k.  if so, then 8 chips is only 128k, not the
> 256k that is required.)  My manual says to use 8, 64k x 4 chips, 41464-10,
> but the dealer says that doesn't get it up to 512k.  Who's right?
> 
>    Thanks
> 
> Edward

  The manual's right.  Get out your calculator and multiply 64 x 4.  It 
should yield the same answer as 256 x 1.  Each chip holds the same amount of 
data; it simply does it in a different fashion.  The 41464 is in common use 
in Amigas and I have a littlt 68000 unit that also uses them..


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