Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u35828 From: U35828@uicvm.uic.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: upgrading PS/2 Model 30/8086 Message-ID: <91170.000159U35828@uicvm.uic.edu> Date: 19 Jun 91 05:01:48 GMT References: <1991Jun19.013603.12105@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago Lines: 23 In article <1991Jun19.013603.12105@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu>, devolder@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Eric DeVolder) says: > > Right now, my ps/2 model 30/8086 has two SIMM slots that currently >hold two 256K simms. What I would like to do is replace these two SIMMS >with 512K simms. Has anybody ever done this successfully on this machine? > > I don't know if IBM makes such a creature for the 30-8086. I was under the impression that the maximum onboard memory for it was 640k (maybe more if you used something along the lines of an AST SixPack). Good luck! Addendum: You cannot get generic SIMMS for your PS/2, unless they bear IBM part numbers that indicate equivalence. John Serrano-Bitnet: , Internet: Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No Mister Bond, I expect you to die!"