Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!rex!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!goanna!giaea!s9133283 From: s9133283@giaea.gi.oz (Noel Ashford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: SUMMARY: A500 Hard Drive options Message-ID: <1738@giaea.gi.oz> Date: 14 May 91 04:57:35 GMT References: Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill 3842, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Lines: 31 In article c506634@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Eric Edwards) writes: >In article pk1s+@andrew.cmu.edu (Paul A. Karlin) writes: >> > Lots of 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 own a GVP series 2, and the SIMM modules it uses are the standard 1*8bit SIMMS, which are 1 megabyte. However the catch in adding memory is that you have to add the SIMMs in pairs, hence giving 2,4,6,8 megs. Lots of stuff deleted > ****************************************************************************** * __ * * * ///| ___ * * * __ ///_| |\ /| | / \ /\ * when an IBM oversized calculator * * \\\ /// | | \/ | | | _ /--\ * just wont do! * * \\X// | | | | \___| / \ * Noel Ashford 1991 * ******************************************************************************