Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!GaryWeir From: GaryWeir@cup.portal.com (Gary M Weir) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: SUMMARY: A500 Hard Drive options Message-ID: <42271@cup.portal.com> Date: 13 May 91 04:23:11 GMT References: Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 32 > >c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: > >In article pk1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul A. K arlin) writes: >> >> Okay, after a few weeks of gathering info (and some delay due to final >> exams), here's what I have gathered together: stuff deleted > >> GVP SERIES II >> ------------- >> * No bus pass-through (special GVP "mini-slot" instead), but allows for >> 8MB RAM (SIMMs directly on controller) > >Recently I was talking with a non-technical person who was thinking about >buying a GVP. The dealer had quoted him what I thought was an exorbant >price to add memory to this beast. I could figure out why since I knew the >dealer and his prices were very competitive. Then I looked closely at the >ad in AmigaWhirled. The darn thing uses 2 meg simms, the same ones used in >Mac IIsi. This is an odd part. Hard to find and expensive when you do >find them. > I have a GVP Series II for the A500 that I just purchased in December. Unless they have changed something very recently, it takes either the 1 meg SIMMs or the 4 meg SIMMs. The 1 meg SIMMS must be installed in pairs though so perhaps that is where the confusion comes in (or if it has changed, where my confusion comes in). I've never heard of 2 meg SIMMs myself, but then again I don't price MAC stuff that often....8-). GaryWeir@cup.portal.com