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Re: Mac II video Card Upgrade Info and Query

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From: David Richardson
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <C.Quinn-1109951014130001@129.94.246.116> C.Quinn@unsw.edu.au (Clark N. Quinn) writes:

>got them to me.  I popped them in and the card works fine.  

>In 16 greys/colours.  Hmmph.

>I think what's up is that I need to signal to the card that I've added the
>chips.  I presume that there's a connection or resistor I need to break,
>or a connection needs to be made.  

You do NOT need to tell the card - it automatically senses how much memory 
it has. I did the same thing a year ago, and you must push the chips in 
HARD. When I first did it, they went in only partially and thus they, 
effectively, weren't there. Didn't I feel silly when I was shown that...

Go push them in further!

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From: djric3@eng3.eng.monash.edu.au (David Richardson)
Subject: Re: Mac II video Card Upgrade Info and Query
Date: 1995/09/11
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