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in article <8801151736.AA20235@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, FXDDR@ALASKA.BITNET says:
> 
> One interesting point...he said he found a lot of places that wanted to sell
> him a Mega 2.  Has anybody figured out how to upgrade a Mega 2 to a Mega 4?
> For what the guy here payed for the Mega 4 (all things considered) it would
> have been cheaper to get a Mega 2 and upgrade it.  [In fact it would be
> MUCH cheaper to get a 520 and upgrade it to 4 megs...but that wouldn't be
> quite the same thing...]
> 
> What's it take to upgrade a Mega 2?
> 
> Don Rice
> FXDDR@ALASKA.bitnet

Around here, it's pretty easy to find a Mega at a dealer.  They seem to be
prety abundant.  I have a few friends that have both varieties.  One store
I know stopped carrying the Mega line because the store wasn't selling any
of them.

From what I've seen, it's not too tough to upgrade a Mega 2 to four megs of
RAM.  You'll need 16 1 mbit DRAMs, 16 capacitors, and quite a bit of
whatever you use to desolder things.  After removing the solder from the
holes where the chips should go, all one does is stick the chips in and add
the capacitors, solder it all up and  off you go.

The price difference (that I've seen) seems to make buying a Mega 4 about
$200 cheaper than buying a Mega 2 and upgrading it.

Oh well.

--Dean


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