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Article #39840Re: Unexpandable megas
From: Bob_BobR_Retelle
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1989 05:17
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1989 05:17
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Sorry, this isn't "pick on Dan Scott" week, really... but... >in article <25126@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com says: > >> Consider that the *cheapest* IBM clone board comes *socketed* for easy mem >> expansion to the maximum RAM the system can utilize... >However, the *cheapest* IBM clone still only knows about 640K of memory >max (8086 based here). Without an *EXPENSIVE* memory board in one of the >card slots and some driver software 640K is all you'll ever get to use. Missed the point again, Dan... The point is, even a $59 IBM clone board can afford to provide you with the sockets to add RAM up to *its* maximum capacity, while Atari Corp is too cheap to install the $1.00 worth of sockets to give Atari owners expandabilit to the maximum RAM capacity of their systems. Maybe that's changing, now that we're seeing the promise of the use of SIMMs for expansion... if it happens, that could be one of the best things Atari has done in five years... BobR
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!fox!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Unexpandable megas Message-ID: <25351@cup.portal.com> Date: 25 Dec 89 05:17:44 GMT References: <25126@cup.portal.com> <1902@atari.UUCP> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 23