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- From: holler@holli.UUCP (Jan Holler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A4000 memory
- Message-ID: <holler.02ml@holli.UUCP>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 16:25:59 GMT
- References: <69126@cup.portal.com> <37044@cbmvax.commodore.com>
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- In article <37044@cbmvax.commodore.com> lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com (Paul Lassa) writes:
- > In article <69126@cup.portal.com> RCarris@cup.portal.com (Randy L Carris) writes:
- > >Can you put SIMMs of greater than 4M capacity in the A4000. I just need to
- > >know if it will be possible to expand the memory beyond 16M without using the
- >
- > No. SIMMs of greater than 4MB capacity are not supported in the A4000.
- > The memory controller, RAMSEY, only supports 16MB of motherboard
- > FastRAM. This is the same as the A3000 and A3000T. For RAM expansion
- > beyond that, you'll have to rely on the ZorroIII bus, which allows
- > various sized memory cards up to (only) 1 GigaByte.
- >
- > As for your precious slots, there are several combo boards available,
- > and most Zorro SCSI cards also support extra RAM (Ex: A2091).
-
- Are you joking? You recommend a combocard which is most a 16bit ZorroII
- card, thus resulting in SLOW 16bit Mem (in a high-end 32bit system)?
- NEVER do that Randy!
-
- >
- > Sorry, I can't answer _all_ of your questions.
-
- But that should have been pointed out!
-
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- > Paul Lassa - Amiga Hardware Engineer Internet: lassa@cbmvax.commodore.com
- > Commodore-Amiga uucp: {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!lassa
- > 1200 Wilson Dr. West Chester, PA, 19380 - (see other side)
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- Jan Holler - Bern, Switzerland
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