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From: pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: STE's in Europe..lack of SIMMS
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.195013.8093@uvm.edu>
Date: 13 Dec 90 19:50:13 GMT
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From article <1990Dec13.121127.1076@actrix.gen.nz>, 
by Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz:

> In article <27740005@hpldsla.sid.hp.com> 
djw@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (David Williams) writes:

>> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>> 
>> > Atari never stated that the STe was expandable...  in fact, Allen
> Pratt
>> > tried to warn people about just this very possibility.  

	My, what selective memories we have here!  Alan Pratt had to
pubicly eat his words about nonexpandability of STEs right in this newsgroup,
so the next quote is supposed to be correct.  Of course, Atari could
change its mind, or goof sometimes.  BTW, STEs only use SIMMS or SIPPS,
which are as removable as SIMMS, when not soldered in 8-).
  
> Well i do have a Atari pamphlet on the STE, and it does State
> RAM: internally expandable to 4 Mb; 

(Sorry Roger, had to delete NZ comments, or my poster will reject this...)

> -- 
> Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...

Let's drop this unless *lots* of STEs show up unexpandable, OK?

Bob Pegram

pegram@griffin.uvm.edu