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Re: unix pc 7300, extneded ram problems, help please!

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From: Harvey S. Cohen
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1986 23:31
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>In article <1396@ihlpl.UUCP> reza0@ihlpl.UUCP (H. Reza Zarafshar) wants to
>know why he has 1/2 MB on the motherboard, 1/2 MB on a RAM card, and 1 1/2
>MB on a combo card and his unix pc only sees 2 MB.

>To the best of my knowledge, and contrary to what the manual says, you can
>only put one memory expansion card on a unix pc and have the system see it.
>The problem is not hardware, so I suppose that there is some hope that this
>limit might change in future, but personally I am not holding my breath.

I am writing this on a 7300 with .5MB on the motherboard and two
.5MB RAM cards.  It has worked under R2.0, 3.0, and 3.5 of UNIX.
Harvey S. Cohen, mtuxo!hsc
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From: hsc@mtuxo.UUCP (Harvey S. Cohen)
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Subject: Re: unix pc 7300, extneded ram problems, help please!
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Date: Tue, 14-Oct-86 19:31:51 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 14 19:31:51 1986
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