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3 total messages Started by Michael B. Johnson Mon, 10 Aug 1992 19:43

#432

Author: Michael B. Johnson
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 19:43

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I have the names and numbers of a few vendors that sell ColorStation
memory (gleaned from the net and the old FAQ), but was wondering
a few things that I think probably only the collective wisdom on the
net would know, so here goes...

I'm going to be buying a few more Color NeXTStations, probably Turbos.
Because of the way MIT sells them, the minimal configuration I can
get easily is 16MB/250MB (ram/disk).  Assuming I want to fill these 
machines up with a lot of memory, what is the highest capacity DRAM
out there for this machine?  If this was an old NeXTStation or Cube
I know all about 256K/1M/4M/16M, but with the newer machines, and 
their different sort of memory, I'm at a bit of a loss.  Are the chips
comprising the 16MB of the color Slab near the peak of their peer
group (i.e. equivalent to 4MB SIMMs in old memory speak) or are they 
just taking up space (i.e. equivalent to 1MB SIMMs in old memory 
speak) and I'll need to throw them out to make way for better chips?

Ideally I'm hoping that the 16MB machines are shipped with half of 
their memory slots free, so I can stick in 64 MB of the higher capacity
memory (when it's available for a reasonable price).  Is this 
reasonable?  Also, does anyone know the name of the highest capacity
memory you can stick in the NeXTStation Turbos, and the names of
any current suppliers of it.  

Thanks in advance.
-- 

-->  Michael B. Johnson
-->  MIT Media Lab      --  Computer Graphics & Animation Group
-->  (617) 253-0663     --  wave@media-lab.media.mit.edu

Re: Color memory questions

#433

Author: M Carling
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:46

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In article <1992Aug10.194351.3141@news.media.mit.edu> wave@media.mit.edu  
(Michael B. Johnson) writes:
> Ideally I'm hoping that the 16MB machines are shipped with half of 
> their memory slots free, so I can stick in 64 MB of the higher capacity
> memory (when it's available for a reasonable price).  Is this 
> reasonable?  Also, does anyone know the name of the highest capacity
> memory you can stick in the NeXTStation Turbos, and the names of
> any current suppliers of it.  

Turbo machines have four SIMM slots. Those that ship with 16MB contain two  
8MB SIMMs, leaving two empty slots which can be filled with 4MB, 8MB,  
16MB, or 32MB SIMMs. 4, 8, and 16 are presently available. 32MB SIMMs  
exist, but are still hard to come by.

M Carling
Director, Bay Area NeXT Group
--
Save a child, shoot a drug dealer.
Save a thousand, shoot an abortionist.

Re: Color memory questions

#434

Author: Nathan F. Janette
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 21:51

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In article <1992Aug10.194351.3141@news.media.mit.edu> wave@media.mit.edu  
(Michael B. Johnson) writes:
> I have the names and numbers of a few vendors that sell ColorStation
> memory (gleaned from the net and the old FAQ),

There's your problem right there, my good man.

Try reading the current FAQ for the answers to all your questions.

People, USE THE $^$^$*($&$)(@#^@ FAQs!!!
People, USE THE $^$^$*($&$)(@#^@ FAQs!!!
People, USE THE $^$^$*($&$)(@#^@ FAQs!!!
People, USE THE...

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