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- From: fihsu@athena.mit.edu (Hsu I-wei)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HELP: A3000 & 1Mx4 SC-ZIPS (70ns) ?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.093351.7872@athena.mit.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 09:33:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.230603.61068@cc.usu.edu> slhmz@cc.usu.edu writes:
- >
- >Right now, I have an Amiga 3000 16MHz with 40 MB hardrive
- >and 1 Meg FAST RAM and 1 Meg CHIP RAM. I want to add more
- >RAM to my system because 2 Megs just isn't enough.
- >
- >Anyways, I have heard that this is what I need to do:
- >
- > 1) Take the 1 Meg FAST RAM and put it in the empty CHIP RAM
- > sockets so I have 2 Megs of CHIP RAM
-
- Yup! Exactly what I'll be doing when I get 4 megs of SCZIPS. :)
-
- >
- > 2) Get 4 Megs of STATIC COLUMN ZIPS 70ns (1Mx4) and put them into
- > the FAST RAM sockets.
- >
- > Now, in the "Intoducing the Amiga 3000" book I got, it says
- > that FAST MEM has 4 banks each consisting of 8 sockets. If
- > using 1Mx4 RAM chips, then each bank gives you 4 megabytes.
- >
- > Does this mean that I only nead to purchase 8 1Mx4 static
-
- Yup!
-
- > column zips 70ns? Memory World sells these for $15.50
-
- Actually, I believe that 70ns will give you no performance gain over 80ns,
- which should save you a little...
-
- > Does this mean that I only nead to spend $124.00 for 4 megs?
- > That seems pretty cheap.
-
- Bad news.. the price of memory recently (a few weeks ago) took a big jump
- in price.. I'm not sure about the details.. perhaps somebody else could
- enlighten us.. It'll probably be more like $200 now. :( Btw, if Memory
- World is still selling 'em for $15.50, tell me! If they are, I'm buying
- 4 megs. :)
-
- >--
- >Faith Gibson
- >slhmz@cc.usu.edu
- >
- >" Just a lowley Cowgirl lost in the sea of Amiganess "
- >
-
- Francis
-