🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, I finally got a hold of 4 1Mx9 SIMMS and had a go at installing
them into my 1040STf.  I was SO pleased with the results, I just have
to share them!  Anyway, I can say I heartily recommend the Xtra-Ram Deluxe
SIMM memory upgrade for those of you who aren't afraid of solder, but who
would rather not bother with it.  

This upgrade kit was VERY well documented, with plenty of diagrams and
detailed instructions.  It includes two small boards, one that piggy-backs
the MMU, and the other that you piggy-back the video shifter chip onto.
The trickiest part was clipping 4 resistors and putting on 4 jumpers to
disable the 2 banks of motherboard ram.  The jumpers come with those little
spring-loaded clips, that hook onto the resistors (and the + end of a 
capacitor) kinda like a fishing bobber (or float :).  Anyway, once the
jumpers were on secure, it worked the first time!!

I took my time replacing all the shielding, taking time to power up now
and then to double-check the memory.  After less than 1 hour (well, I had
already read the manual, and my ST was already naked to the world after
a TOS upgrade :) I had a full 4MB of memory.

I was so pleased, I thought I would spread the word about this kit (don't
worry, I have absolutely NO connection with the manufacturer.  In fact,
they're in the UK!)  It was very reasonably priced at around $89 (but I got 
it at the WAACE show from Toad at an even better price!) And was incredibly
easy to install.  I would even say it's pretty tough, since as I was
putting everything back together, my ST kept slipping out of my hands and
took more than a few bumps on the table.

So, enough rambling.  Just my $0.25 worth (inflation, ya know :)

Rick
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Richard E. Tatem		Asst. Systems Programmer
snoret@unx.sas.com		UNIX Systems Support
(919) 677-8000 x4719		SAS Institute Inc.