Question about Simms

2010-07-12 Thread Kevin Kelley
Hello, I am new to the group and this is my first posting here. I run a lot of older synthesizers and computer audio apps that require older Macintosh computers for editing and sound creation and storage. I recently purchased a Mac II SI with 8 1 meg simms. When I open most apps I am unable due to

Re: Question about Simms

2010-07-12 Thread Kevin Kelley
Yes they told me I could return them but they believe that the II SI needs 90ns or faster ram and that is why my mac will not see the simms? On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:52 PM, D. Finnigan dog_...@macgui.com wrote: On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 11:45:10 -0700 (PDT), kevin kelley xir...@yahoo.com wrote: I

Re: Question about Simms

2010-07-12 Thread D. Finnigan
On Mon, 12 Jul 2010 14:56:53 -0400, Kevin Kelley vicidi...@gmail.com wrote: Yes they told me I could return them but they believe that the II SI needs 90ns or faster ram and that is why my mac will not see the simms? Apple says that 100 ns is the minimum, meaning that anything faster should

Re: Question about Simms

2010-07-12 Thread Scott Holder
The website says they're 70ns, so they ought to work fine if that's the problem. Just out of curiosity, did you let it sit awhile? Macs will check the RAM every boot and only bring up the screen once it's done. Going from 8 to 64 would increase that time awhile. I thought my IIci that I'd

Re: Question about Simms

2010-07-12 Thread kevin kelley
Wow no I was impatient I will try it again when I get home, These simms are 60ns 4 meg chips, I will cross my fingers and try again. --- On Mon, 7/12/10, Scott Holder sc...@iamscott.net wrote: From: Scott Holder sc...@iamscott.net Subject: Re: Question about Simms To: vintage-macs