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From: rastatte@sioux.cis.ohio-state.edu (kenneth r rastatter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: 1Mbit RAM chips in an XT ?
Summary: How can I use 1Mbit chips on an XT ?
Keywords: RAM memory XT
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Date: 22 Dec 89 23:58:33 GMT
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Reply-To: kenneth r rastatter <rastatte@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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Has anybody heard of a RAM board for an XT that uses 1Mbit DRAM chips?
At minimum, I'd like to use the extra RAM as a ramdisk.  In the best case,
LIM EMS 4.0 compatability. I've seen plenty of cheap ($60 - $200) boards
for the XT that use 64Kbit and/or 256Kbit chips, but none that use 1Mbit 
chips.

The Intel AboveBoard, BTW, does everything I'm asking and more... except 
for it's price of about $500-$800 I could by a 386 motherboard.

The reason for all of this?  A friend has 4 Megs of RAM in his 386-20
and has offered to loan me 9 of his RAM chips until he upgrades out of DOS
and Desqview to OS/2 or UNIX.

                                       Thanks.
                                         Ken.
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