Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!vtserf!creatures!csgrad!brueni From: brueni@csgrad.cs.vt.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: SUMMARY: A500 Hard Drive options Message-ID: <1210@creatures.cs.vt.edu> Date: 12 May 91 23:58:03 GMT References: Sender: usenet@creatures.cs.vt.edu Reply-To: brueni@csgrad.cs.vt.edu () Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science, Blacksburg, VA Lines: 24 In article c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: >> GVP SERIES II >> ------------- >> * No bus pass-through (special GVP "mini-slot" instead), but allows for >> 8MB RAM (SIMMs directly on controller) > [chomp, chomp] >ad in AmigaWhirled. The darn thing uses 2 meg simms, the same ones used in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not True, the expansion chassis does only have 4 slots for SIMMS, but here is how GVP has rigged it. You have a choice of 5 configurations: 1. 0M, none of the slots filled. 2. 2M, two 1 Meg SIMM's 3. 4M, four 1 Meg SIMM's 4. 4M, one 4 Meg SIMM (not sure about this one) 5. 8M, two 4 Meg SIMM's Set jumpers to let the board know what is in the slots, and off you go! The 1M and 4M SIMMS are common and relatively inexpensive, but it does make for a bumpy upgrade path when you finally decide to go for 8M. -- Dennis -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%-DOT-SIGNATURE-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Dennis Brueni INTERNET: brueni@csgrad.cs.vt.edu