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From: afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Classic SIMM question
Message-ID: <14352@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 91 06:02:47 GMT
References: <62369@siemens.siemens.com>
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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In article <62369@siemens.siemens.com:> hampel@demon.siemens.com (Ken Hampel) writes:
:>I have a Classic 2/40.  Does this mean that there's 1 MB soldered
:>on the motherboard and 4 slots filled with 256K SIMMs?  I'm looking
:>to get more memory and a lot of the magazine ads talk about adding
:>an expansion card to the Classic.  Do I need this expansion card
:>or can I get 4 1 MB SIMMs to replace the 256K SIMMs for a total of 5 MB?
:>My feeling is that you need an expansion card for the 1 MB Classic.
:>Thanks in advance,
:>Ken

I think it means that you have 1 meg soldered on the motherboard, and you
have an empty 2-simm slot expansion board with 1 meg soldered on it.  You
can buy two 1 meg simms to put in these slots for a total of 4 meg.  The
Classic ROMs won't access any more than that.

Cheers,

Alan 
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  Alan R Fry                     |    You know what I hate?    
  afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu    |    Rhetorical questions     
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