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From: claman@mck-csc.mckinsey.com (Larry Claman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXTstation memory upgrade
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Date: 1 Feb 91 15:58:24 GMT
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From article <5062@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, by lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais):
> In article NeXTstation memory upgrade
>  claman@csc-sun.mckinsey.com (Larry Claman)
> of : McKinsey & Co., Inc., Cambridge, MA writes:
> I have a NeXTstation that came with the standard 8 meg of memory.
> I happen to have a set of 4 spare 1 Mbyte SIMMS.  Can I put these in
> my NeXTstation to get 12 meg of memory?
> 
[stuff deleted]
> 
> NextAnswers covers this topic quite clearly.  I recommend that people
> get together in their geographical regions to have NextAnswers accessible
> to them.  A lot of answers can be found on-line through Next Answers or
> the complete documentation set... However the problem is that the
> whole documentation set is not available in the reduced 2.0 distribution
> and not everyone has internet access...
> 
> pasc
> 

   Actually, the closest NeXTAnswers comes is:

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Q:  What do I need to know about adding memory?

A: You must add memory in bank increments, that is, 4 SIMMs at a time,
with all memory in a bank being of the same type and size.  Mac memory
should work (i.e. 8 data bits, no parity, 30 pin), 100ns or faster.
Remember that NeXT doesn't support adding memory other than through
the memory expansion kits we supply.

Q: I have some 4MB SIMMs, but they're a little too big, preventing the
CPU board from sliding in.  Can I move the board to another slot?

A:  The CPU board must live in its original slot.  No other slot will work.

QA505
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This doesn't say how many memory banks are in the NeXTstation.  You
are right about documentation - it is almost non-existent with my 105M
system.  They didn't even give me man pages!  I have ordered
the extended software kit to put on my server, but it isn't coming
till next month, so for now most of my knowledge is gained from
experimentation, NeXTAnswers, and from reading this group.

	-Larry
	 claman@csc.mckinsey.com