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From: vehaag@crocus.uwaterloo.ca (Viktor Haag)
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Subject: RAM on colour NeXT
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Date: 25 Oct 90 16:08:20 GMT
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In article <ANDERSON.90Oct24074056@sapir.cog.jhu.edu> anderson@sapir.cog.jhu.edu (Stephen R. Anderson) writes:
>
>On the subject of memory, someone else asked how the color machine can
>come with 12 Mbytes, given that it apparently has eight SIMM slots in
>two banks of four. Has NeXT somehow found 2 Mbyte SIMMs (like the ones
>Apple has in mind for their new machines) to put in one bank? Or 1.5
>Mbyte ones for all eight slots???

I think I remember reading that a small amount of RAM was actually hardwired
to the board and then the rest taking up a number of slots - but I could be
way off base on this.

vik

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