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Re: NeXTcube Turbo SIMM Slots

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From: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 15:17
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In article <1992Apr6.203220.11921@cubetech.com> andrew@cubetech.com (Andrew  
Loewenstern) writes:

> Mistake... 128 megs.  You have to cram 32-meg simms in
> there.  Probably have to   get them custom made since not
> very many computers can handle them. 

That's what I thought you meant.

I still think it's a stingy choice to only use four SIMM slots
for the cube Turbo board.  Since the primary choice, economically
speaking, would be 4 and 8 MB SIMMs at this time, the effective
max RAM is 32 MB, which is a (another) step backward for the new
board.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)
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