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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: unix and memory, sigh (was Re: What Happens If You Have > 9 Meg??
Message-ID: <18694@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 8 Feb 91 02:17:58 GMT
References: <1991Jan26.002917.21545@lavaca.uh.edu> <10870003@hpfcso.HP.COM> <18613@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <18613@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
>What would you do with 64MB on the motherboard, anyway.  While I don't have
>a data sheet handy, I'm certain the 16MB part has a different pinout.  The
>1MB part had one spare address pin, which is used in the 4MB part.  So the 
>16MB part will be at least a 22 pin ZIP, possibly more pins if they've
>decided to add more expansion capability or other goodies.

	Also, I suspect 16M parts are going to be 2Mx8 or 1Mx16, so you don't
have to expand in 16M increments (they AREN'T going to be cheap).

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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