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From: smc@mars.paradyne.com (Steve Clemmer)
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Subject: Re: IBM XT/286 memory
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Date: 27 Dec 90 13:47:10 GMT
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In article <9503@mirsa.inria.fr> mussi@manolo.inria.fr (Philippe Mussi) writes:
>I just opened my old IBM XT/286 and found 2 small memory cards,
>very  similar to SIMMs, each with 256K. Is it possible to swap them
>with 1M or 4M SIMMs, in order to get 2 or 8M of extended memory?
>

That machine uses 256K x 9 150ns SIMMs, but they are not replaceable with
larger SIMMs because the address control lines are not there.  The only way
to add memory to an IBM XT/286 is with a memory card.

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