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From: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RAM upgrades using SIMMs
Keywords: SIMMs, 2MB, RAM upgrades
Message-ID: <993@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 89 16:04:26 GMT
Organization: Univ of Washington, Seattle
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I'm trying to decipher some information I received from a dealer about RAM
upgrades for a Zenith Z248 (AT clone) using SIMMs.  The motherboard has
six SIMM slots, which can use 256K or 1MB SIMMs.  I currently have four
of the 256K's in each machine and am thinking about adding 1MB SIMMs to
goose each machine up to 2 or 3 MB.

Are there "2MB" SIMMs available?  I mean, 2MB in a single module?  Thought
that's what he said, but I've never heard of such a beast.  If so, do they
fit into standard SIMM slots?

Does $1000 sound about right for a 2MB upgrade using SIMMs (I assume the
1MB kind, unless there really is a 2MB model)?  I know RAM chip prices are
falling slowly but slowly (!), but what about SIMM prices?  I recall they were
pretty ghastly last summer...


Dick O'Connor
Washington Department of Fisheries
Olympia, Washington  98504
Internet Mail: djo7613@blake.acs.washington.edu
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