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From: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: What is inside the Classic(s) ???
Message-ID: <2578@ux.acs.umn.edu>
Date: 26 Oct 90 18:28:03 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.164437.6414@loop.uucp> <4518@husc6.harvard.edu>
Reply-To: clarson@ux.acs.umn.edu (Chaz Larson)
Organization: Iron City, USA
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In article <4518@husc6.harvard.edu> kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) writes:
>In article <1990Oct16.164437.6414@loop.uucp> keithl@loop.uucp (Keith Lofstrom;;;628-3645) writes:
>>There are "two" Classics.  The "smaller" Classic comes with 1meg of RAM,
>>expandable to 2meg by adding the "Macintosh Classic Memory Expansion Card".
>>The "larger" Classic comes with 2meg and a 40meg disk, and can be expanded
>>to 4 meg with the addition of SIMMs.
>>
>>Obviously, these are not the same mother board.  This suggests some questions:
>
>Wait a sec.  That's like saying that a Mac II with 4 megs has a different
>motherboard that a Mac II with 8 megs.  (SIMMs are, after all, little "boards")
>
>There is only one classic.  Two configurations are sold, just as there are
>multiple configurations of most of their other line.  Memory in the Classic
>is expanded in a different way than the other Macs.  Instead of installing
>SIMMs, for a Classic owner to go from 1 -> 2 megs, they need to install
>a "Macintosh Classic Memory Expansion Card".  All of the classics have
>a spot for these.  The Memory Expansion Card consists of 1 meg of memory
>soldered to the board, and two SIMM slots.  Adding 2 1MB SIMMs to the
>board will further increase the memory from 2 to 4 megs.

The clarification is true.

However, I wanted to point out that when I first read the product literature
given to me at the 10/15 extravaganza, I was also under the impression that
there were two different motherboards.

The data sheet describes memory expansion for the 1/floppy and 2/40 in two
entirely different ways.  About the 1/floppy it says something like:
	"memory can be expanded from 1 Mb to 2 Mb with the Apple
	 Memory Expansion Card."

No mention of further expansion via SIMMs.

About the 2/40 it says something like:
	"memory can be expanded from 2 Mb to 4 Mb with 1 Mb SIMMs."

Needlessly vague and misleading, if you ask me.

I'll bring the brochure and post the exact quote tomorrow, in case anyone still
cares.

chaz


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