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From: dibb@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Jim Dibb)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith
Subject: Re: Memory and Windows 3.0
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Date: 29 Oct 90 14:03:02 GMT
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In article <21287@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> hannanp@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Paula Hannan) writes:

> I am currently trying to increase the memory in my Zenith 
> Z-286 machine in order to use Windows 3.0.  This machine,
> which is two years old, currently has the minimum 512k.
> After contacting several Zenith dealears I have received 
> conflicting answers and price quotes from 900.00 for 1 Meg 
> to a *cheap* 525.00 for 2 Meg. My current working theory is 
> that I am going to have to buy the Zenith card which 
> expands the memory to 640 and fill the additional empty 
> banks with Zenith memory.  (Which would take me to 1.5M)

>Questions:  
> Is there any way to avoid using Zenith memory and the 
>  associtated outrageous prices?  
> Can I expand beyond the first 1.5M using standard
>  Lotus/Intel memory?  (According the the manual this memory
>  goes into a standard AT slot)

>I am especially interested in hearing from anyone who has
>installed memory on the Z-286 or its close cousin the Z-248.

I used a "KW" (I'll get the full name and send it out later) board on my
Z-248 to raise the 512k to 640 and add 2M of EXTENDED memory. Through
our campus computer center the board was $90 and the chips were ~$45/0.5 Meg.

For Windows, extended memory is the way to go,(Vs. expanded).

>Thanks in advance for your help!
>Paula Hannan

No problem.
jim