Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!codas!abcom!ncsc1!cpsc55!del
From: del@cpsc55.ATT.COM (Dave Lindsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: adding memory to 6386E
Summary: 6386 Memory SIMMs
Message-ID: <357@cpsc55.ATT.COM>
Date: 15 Nov 88 17:50:53 GMT
References: <2258@ethos.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T CPSC, Denver, CO.
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In article <2258@ethos.UUCP>, gary@ethos.UUCP (Gary J. Smith) writes:
> 
> In adding memory to the 6386E, is it necessary to purchase an add-on
> board, or can memory chips be added into the empty sockets on the
> original board?  I have a couple of the 1MB "Simm Kits", but the
> computer fails to recognize the memory when I simply plug them into
> the empty sockets.  No instructions came with the simm kits.

Yes - you can plug the 1 Meg SIMMs into open slots on a memory board.
Yes - you need to flip a few dip switches on the board AND run the UNIX/DOS
setup program to properly recognize the memory.
You can call the AT&T hotline for detailed help.

Dave Lindsay, AT&T