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From: rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: 3 megs RAM?!
Message-ID: <1991Jun27.195622.26086@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 27 Jun 91 19:56:22 GMT
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From article <45340@netnews.upenn.edu>, by tfarring@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tim Farrington):
> 
> Is it posssible to have 3 megs of RAM in a ][si? (Or in any Mac for that
> matter?) Somebody I know supposedly has 3 megs in a ][si and I was 
> wondering if they were pulling my lower extremities. 
> thanx
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yes indead.  Newer IIsi's are shipping with 3 megs.  They're putting 512k
simms in the sockets, instead of 256's.  A very useful config. considering
System 7 is VERY difficult to run in 2 megs of RAM.  I imagine it's still
cheaper to upgrade to 5 megs 3rd party, than to buy those 512 simms.