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From: afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Maximum memory for SE/30 & 512K ROM SIMM
Summary: SE/30 > 8MB RAM? / any news on a 512K ROM SIMM?
Keywords: SE/30, ROM SIMM
Message-ID: <13193@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 5 Apr 91 07:34:18 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but I would like to know
whether the SE/30 can use 2 meg or 4 meg SIMMs to go up to 16 or 32 meg of
memory.  I realize that the extra memory beyond 8 meg can't be accessed
under system 6.0.x, but what about 7.0's 32 bit mode?  I have read in a few
places (including Apple's generic SE/30 literature, but why believe it just
because they say it :-) that 8 meg is all you get, but I seem to remember
reading somewhere in the UseNet News that you could "slap those puppies in
there and go!" (or words to that effect).

If you can only use 8 meg in the SE/30, what is the limitation?  Is it the
256K ROMs?  Which brings me to my next question:  has Apple made any peeps
about whether they will be making a 512K ROM SIMM?  Having the ROM on a SIMM
is a great idea, but only if there are upgrades to stuff in the SIMM slot
(hint!  hint!).  Once again, I remember this being discussed in these parts
before, but the last I had read was that Apple hadn't said much more than,
"Oh.  We didn't know people were interested in that."  (Duhhhhh...)

Post or email if you have the skinny.

Thanks,

Alan


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|  Alan R Fry                       |   You know what I hate?                 |
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