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From: espen@well.UUCP (Peter Espen)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Is the Mac+ socketed?
Message-ID: <518@well.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 16:34:07 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 19 16:34:07 1986
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Summary: MacPlus rams are socketed and ready for One Meg chips!

In article <479@ssc-vax.UUCP>, keith@ssc-vax.UUCP (Keith Nemitz) writes:
> > Are the 256ks socketed? If so are the sockets partially filled sockets
> > (so 1 Megs could be substituted in the future)?
> > 
> 
> 	Just saw a mac+ yesterday.  The new ram is surface mounted on
> cards that plug into the motherboard.  If you want 4meg, you get new
> surface mount boards.  (anybody got a do it yourself surface mounting
> machine?)

	Boy, I saw a several MacPlus boards at the MacWorld Expo, and 
that is sure not what I saw! All the MacPlus boards I saw had four
rows of 256K ram chips (a total of one meg ram) in oversized sockets
that were ready for the one meg chips when they become economical.
The sockets were soldered directly to the MacPlus motherboard. I did
not see anykind of surface mount boards on the standard MacPlus boards.
	Peter Espen