on 13/06/00, Shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The RAM question is easier to answer. The 2400 can only handle up to 96MB > of RAM. It uses a one off RAM standard and no one ever made a bigger plug in. Actually Adtec built a 128mb ram card but the limitation was in the 2400 ROM recognizing it, just as for VRAM, and for the better known 4 gb limit on HD recognition in SCSI mode. > The VRAM is set by the ROM. If you > open the 2400 you will see room for another 1MB of > VRAM. I have seen pictures of people in Japan who have > sodered in the extra 1MB, but no one has ever claimed > it to work. The ROM just doesn't see it. This raises some interesting speculative points. The Japanese have done some ingenious hacks. They are commendably fanatical and successful about "improving" everything and not just computers. Those improvements that do not violate legal issues can be announced and marketed, even if just on a limited custom basis. So might we imagine / adduce the following, for "one-offs" or "research projects" ? --that extra VRAM is working (if only on a private ROM modification) --that the 2400 ROM can be (illegally) hacked, modified, re-burned to overcome its various limitations for prototype / research / private non-commercial use --that the enticing translucent / clear parts for cases that turn up in various combinations on Japanese 2400 web sites were molded by either good connections to the original injection molding subsupplier, or, custom made from recast soft tooling, but obviously not for commercial resale --that some "cease and desist" notification from somewhere killed the stillborn commercial project of custom cases (metallic & translucent) for the 2400 (previously announced on Duolist) --that there is a thriving advanced die hard 2400 community in Japan capable of (in guerilla mode) quietly and ingeniously upgrading what is not being evolved Wouldn't we just love upgraded VRAM, an 11.2" screen at 1024 x 768 res, card bus, unlimited SCSI mode, more RAM etc...etc... Without a 3lb subnotebook on the horizon, we just have to hope and dream (or join the 2400 "undergound")? :-) Well...we'll never know from over here... --- Sidney Ho ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> XRouter | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Now $199.99 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH120.html> PowerBook Guy is | Click here! Everything PowerBook! | http://www.powerbookguy.com Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Reader Specials: 2.5GB Seagate SCSI: $119, 4GB IBM SCSI: $199, Norton Util. 4.0: $29, Mac Parts, Systems & Repairs <http://www.macresq.com>
