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From: toddpw@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: DMA memory size clarification.
Message-ID: <1990Nov14.011337.18477@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 14 Nov 90 01:13:37 GMT
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ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang) writes:


>Does that mean all current RAMcards that use Simms will be able to take the
>4 Meg ones? I've always seen them advertized as taking 1 Meg simms. Having
>8megs of DMA ram would be pretty neat! :-)

Sorry, it won't work that way. Current SIMM cards only take 256K or 1 Meg
SIMMs. A card that took 4 meg SIMMs would have to do the same sort of
acrobatics to ensure DMA compatibility.

It could be done, but I haven't seen a product yet that does.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu