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From: herb@hpindda.HP.COM (Herb Gellis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: PC-jr memory
Message-ID: <4330086@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: 24 May 88 01:13:54 GMT
References: <45900129@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: HP Technical Networks, Cupertino, Calif.
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Memory expansion can be accomplished in various ways. You should get in
touch with some PCjr supply specialists - your local dealer is likely to
not really know a whole lot about PCjrs and what is available.

There is an internal memory board, the jrHotshot, for $200 +/- depending
on options, that will bring you up to 640K, etc. Other folks can put
256K chips in some sidecars replacing the 64K chips -- I am not a hardware
expert, so I can't comment on the possibility of replacing the original
64K-128K with 256K chips.

Some vendors off the top of my head include, PC Enterprises in Belmar NJ,
Paul Rau in Galt CA (near Sacramento). Since the Jr is a slightly strange
beastie at times, you should consider getting in touch (and preferably
joining) a PCjr users group. I say this being the newsletter editor of
the San Francisco PCjr Users Group, but there are groups around the country,
and even a national PCjr newsletter.

Our club president, John King, (415) 472-7035, is always happy to help
out on questions, and is more hardware oriented (yes we get calls from
all over the country - members too!). You can also call our BBS at
(415) 997-4874 1200/300 baud etc., but its quicker talking to a human!

I'm scratching my memory (human) and seem to remember we trade our
newsletter with a group in Illinois, but I can't swear by it. I'll have
to look into that. Hope this is a start anyway.

Ciao,
Herb

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