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Article #1443Re: NeXTstation Color simms
From: John Graves
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 17:56
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1993 17:56
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In article <UfAX2w=0Bwwb44VzID@transarc.com> Lyle_Seaman@transarc.com writes: > nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette) writes: > > 32 MB is the limit of the first color stations. > > I've heard this stated before, but I've also heard that it's merely a > form factor problem: the slots are too close together for 8MB SIMMS > to fit in them. > The original NeXTSTATION and NeXTSTATION Color computers are limited to 32 MB. The cannot address any more RAM. That was all we designed them for and 4 megabit DRAMs were the maximum density available at the time. (32 MB used to be considered a lot of RAM.) Turbo computers can address up to 128 MB. -- John Graves Hardware Engineering NeXT Computer, Inc
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!hri.com!spool.mu.edu!olivea!decwrl!rosie!next.com From: John_Graves@next.com (John Graves) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: NeXTstation Color simms Keywords: next computer RAM Message-ID: <6147@rosie.NeXT.COM> Date: 4 Jan 93 17:56:57 GMT References: <UfAX2w=0Bwwb44VzID@transarc.com> Sender: news@NeXT.COM Reply-To: John_Graves@next.com Lines: 21