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Article #1185Re: PC6300 Memory Expansion
From: G. P. Wilkin
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 18:26
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 18:26
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> PC 6300 Memory Expansion
>
> Once upon a time, somebody posted instructions for adding memory
> to the AT&T PC6300 ("640K on the motherboard"). I don't seem to
> have these instructions around any more. It was fairly simple,
> just plug in 256K chips and (???)...
>
> SO... if you know how to do this, mail me instructions. So I don't
> get a huge number of replies, please flip a coin first. Mail only
> if it comes up "heads" twice in a row.
>
> (If the coin says "heads" five times in a row, go ahead and post
> your answer).
> *!hplabs!hpisla!wolpert David Wolpert
> /_ __ HEWLETT Instrument Systems Laboratory
> / / /_/ PACKARD P O Box 301 - Loveland, CO 80539
> /
> ======================================================================
> "Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances"
One, two, three, four, oops, er five..... :-)
These are the correct settings for 1.43, they were unchanged for my 6300
which has the 256k rams. gpw
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SUBJECT: Motherboard Dip Switch Settings for 1.43 ROM BIOS |
| PROVIDED BY: AT&T PC-Hotline |
| |
| THE FOLLOWING SWITCH SETTINGS ARE FOR ROM 1.43 ONLY!! |
| |
| MOTHERBOARD SWITCH BANK 0 - LOCATION 7T | 1=ON 0=OFF X=Not Appl |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|SW1|SW2|SW3|SW4|SW5|SW6|SW7|SW8| FUNCTION |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 128KB RAM on Motherboard |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 256KB RAM on Motherboard |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 512KB RAM - 256K on Motherbrd |
| | | | | | | | | 256K on Expansion |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 640KB RAM - 256K on Motherbrd |
| | | | | | | | | 384K on Expansion |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 640KB RAM on MB - 128K Bank 0 |
| | | | | | | | | 512K Bank 1 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 640KB RAM on MB - 512K Bank 0 |
| | | | | | | | | 128K Bank 1 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 512KB RAM on MB - 512K Bank 0 |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| X | X | X | 1 | X | X | X | X | ONLY 64KB RAM Chips used |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| X | X | X | 0 | X | X | X | X | 256KB RAM Chips used anywhere |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
--
George Wilkin AT&T Network Systems, Naperville, IL
!ihnp4!ihdev!gpw IH 4A-157 work 312-979-4317
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