Re: Can Sell old SIMMS to II owner?

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From: wetter
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 07:32

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In article <334@ge-mc3i.UUCP> sterritt@ge-mc3i.UUCP (Chris Sterritt) writes:
>Hello,
>	I just got an upgrade to 2.5 Megs from Dove (which I adore), and
>a friend of mine just got a Mac II, with only a Meg.  My question is, can
>I sell him the two 256K simms (since they'll at least fit in his machine)
>to upgrade him to 1.5 megs?  
>	Has anyone *done* this, or *know* of a reason why it won't work?

   HA! Another victim! No you cannot upgrade the Mac II to 1.5 Meg. The Mac 
II only allows memory sizes of 1,2,5,8 etc. I know this because some people
here bought some upgrade kits to give themselves 3 meg. Now they are all 
upgrading to 5 meg. 
  What you can do however is take _all_ of the 256K simms out of your Mac+
clip a resistor (maybe), add in another resistor (maybe), thus making your
mac+ 2 Meg. The Mac II can now take all four of the 256K simms to give
2 meg.

  Hint for people upgrading Mac II's this is how to figure out what
sizes are allowed.

  4x256K simms = 1 meg
  8x256K simms = 2 meg
  4x1M   simms = 4 meg but why would anyone bother since
  4x1M + 4x256K simms = 5 meg        one meg came with the machine
  8x1M   simms = 8 meg
  8x2M   simms = 16 meg  when 2M simms are available
  8x4M   simms = 32 meg  when 4M simms are available
  32M + 6x16M per slot = 8x16M = 128 M but no video card

  Or maybe you would just like a HyperCube made of Macs over AppleTalk.

   True Story!

Pierce Wetter!

Where humor is concerned there are no standards -- no one can say what
is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.
		-- John Kenneth Galbraith

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Subject: Re: Can Sell old SIMMS to II owner?
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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 03:32:24 EDT
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