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From: cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 2 questions on memory expansion
Keywords: Memory expansion
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.194228.23150@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 90 19:42:28 GMT
References: <1990Nov25.213232.17161@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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In article <1990Nov25.213232.17161@rodan.acs.syr.edu> ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Gerald Greenberg) writes:

>1.  I've got a 520ST...not the oldest, but rather the one that
>has the rf modulator in it AND an external power supply.  Now,
>can this machine handle an internal upgrade to 4 Meg?  I seem
>to recall there could be some problem with the power supply
>not being able to handle all the memory...what is going on
>here?
>Thanks very much.  You can email me directly, or post here.
>--Gerry
>ggreenbe@rodan.acs.syr.edu
>maxg@suvm  (bitnet)

What is the rating of the power supply?  How many watts (or volts/amps)
can it output?  That would help a lot.  If it's about the same as a Mega's
PS rating, you'll have plenty!  (since you don't have the internal floppy
to power.)

John Cummins cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu