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From: mwjester@wsucsa.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Memory Expansion (summary)
Message-ID: <12334@wsucsa.uucp>
Date: 2 Feb 90 03:34:21 GMT
Organization: Wichita State Univ., Wichita, Ks.
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A few weeks ago, I asked if there were any well-regarded memory expansion
boards for the 1040ST.  Responses were few but from all over (Europe, N.
America, Australia); here is basically what I found out:

   Frontier Software produces a 2.5M board called Xtra-Ram, available in
Australia ($A200).  My correspondent (Thanks, Rupert!) believes Frontier
is an English firm; if so, this might be available in UK/EEC/Canada.  The
product is evidently quite solid.
   Whoops!  Almost forgot - that's the unpopulated price.

   Datafree (Toronto) has a 2/4M board for the 1040, but it apparently was
designed for some particular version of the motherboard, and the docs do
not help if you have the wrong one.  No price given; you may want to verify
beforehand that it will work in your particular machine.

   ZRAM (LA) was under consideration by one correspondent: price is right
(US$119 unpopulated) and docs apparently good.

   Tech Specialties (sp?), Houston - some folks swear by them, others at.
My local dealer (no, not an oxymoron yet) has dealt with them over the past
year and installed their boards, and says he has had no complaints with the
product.  Their catalog does have lots of info.  If I go this route, I will
do it through my local guy, having heard some of the horror stories in this
newsgroup.

DISCLAIMER: I am affiliated with NONE OF THE ABOVE.  The sample was very
small, so the evidence is more anecdotal than statistically significant.
Your mileage may vary.

I had some email replies bounce, so I would like to thank all who replied.

   Max J.