> > And come to think of it, I bet those dummy chips were used for > training people to hand stuff boards as well.
The Amstrad PCW8256 (word processor) came with 256K of RAM but could be expanded to 512K essentially by adding another 8 41256 DRAM chips. Some companies in the UK sold the 9-chip kits used to expand PCs (with parity memory) for this, telling you to use the extra chip to practice with. However the HP package I mentioned is the only time I've seen one of these dummy chips used on a production board. -tony
