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In article <165@bach@kulesat.uucp> lily@kulesat.uucp writes:
>Can anybody give me an answer to the folowing two
>simple (? to a ST-owner maybe) questions.
>
>Intro : A friend of me owns a 520 ST and wants to know :
>
> 1. How can he expand the memory of his ST to 1024k, or higher.
>    (which chips, at what price, where to put them
>     -I've seen the RAM-chips soldered to the board = no sockets,
>     can he use 1Megabit chips etc... )

To do the piggy back soldering you have to use 256K chips.  Do to the
fact that 1M chips are cheaper that 256K chips go with a board that
takes the 1M.

[Note:  I posted this (rather than mailed) as I wanted to draw this
    to more peoples attention. ]

> 2. Can he use a serial printer without a Par-Ser. interface.
>    (what about the modem port ? -any software?-, what about
>     buying an interface : prices,manufacturers etc...)

Certainly, select the serial port as your printer port and you have a
serial printer.

>Dirk van den Oudenhoven.         K.U.Leuven


--j.a.tainter