Re: Memory Upgrade for the MM/1

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From: Scott McGee
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 20:33

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Steve Wegert writes:
>Mark Griffith writes:
>> Steve,
>>
>> Please post this on the CoCo echo for me.  Also, please post anyplace else
>> you feel would be helpful.  I'll take care of CIS and Delphi.
>>
>> /\/\ark
>>
[stuff deleted]
>>
>> For those who don't know what I'm talking about, the 4 Meg hack is a method
>> to allow your MM/1 to use 4 Meg SIMMs without the need to buy a new backplane
 .
>> This will give you a 9 Meg system, 1 Meg for video and 8 Meg of user RAM.
>>
>
>Steve Wegert
>CIS: 76703,4255
>Internet: steve@wuarchive.wustl.edu
>DELPHI: SCWEGERT

No you got me wondering. I have 8 Meg in my backplane, 2 Meg in the original
sockets, plus 1 Meg video, so I have 11 Meg. Could I hack the original sockets
to take 4 Meg SIMMs and then hack the system up to 17 Meg?

Anyone know? (Mark, Kevin?)

Scott

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                  smcgee@microware.com (Scott McGee)

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