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From: rcstse@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl (Stephan Eggermont)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Low-Cost Macintosh
Message-ID: <1478@eutrc3.urc.tue.nl>
Date: 9 Feb 90 09:56:39 GMT
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Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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sklein@cdp.UUCP writes:


>In (several messages) many people said:
>>[assorted opinions regarding the number of SIMM sockets...]

>How about this compromise:  4 SIMM sockets in the new low-cost Mac.
>Two loaded with 1-Meg SIMMs, two empty.  (Yes, this configuration works!)

>At todays prices, two 1-Meg SIMMs shouldn't cost much more than
>four 256K SIMMs.  This is also a nice price/performance/expandibility
>compromise.
>-shabtai

If you want a low cost mac, you are not going to use any SIMM's.
Slots are more expensive than just soldering them on the PCB 
Instead you use 4 bit wide 1M4 ram chips, 4 for a 2 megabyte 68000 machine,
or (I would like that) 8 for a 4 megabyte 68030/40 machine.
With a high end mac, let's say with a 50 Mhz+ 68040, you are going to use
1M32 SIMM's, that would make it possible to use interleaved memory (you need
that when you can't get fast enough DRAM's). With a smart design, this mac
would be faster with more memory!