Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!diemen!tasman!johnm From: johnm@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au (John B. Miezitis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: 386 memory Message-ID: Date: 19 Nov 90 00:15:12 GMT References: <298@opus.NMSU.Edu> Sender: news@diemen.utas.edu.au Lines: 24 jthomas@nmsu.edu (James Thomas) writes: >Continuing the investigation of the possibility of a cheaper price memory >upgrade for the original, special bus Z386-16, has anyone looked in to >solving the problem via a motherboard upgrade to the newer Zenith systems >that do use SIMM's? We'd lose the existing motherboard, the processor >board, the I/O board, and any current memory boards. (Gee, it sounds as if >it would be cheaper to trash the whole thing :-( >Jim I have a Zenith Z-386/20 sitting on my desk. It uses SIMM's but the SIMM's are incompatible with most other common SIMM's. I was told by our service company that the SIMM's are the same as those used in the IBM PS/2 machines however after ordering some which were labeled IBM I could not get any of them to work. I tried them all in the first position because I knew the configuration should work. Zenith 1Mb SIMM's are *NOT* cheap. If anybody can clear up this mess *PLEASE* let us know. Thanks.. _______________________________________________________________________________ John. B. Miezitis. University of Tasmania Computing Centre email: johnm@diemen.cc.utas.edu.au | Belgium man Belgium!!! _______________________________________________________________________________