MacTV RAM (was Re: IIsi questions)

2004-05-04 Thread Steve 

Can anyone say if the 72-pin SIMMs at http://www.ramseeker.com/ will work 
in the MacTV?  I'd like to boost my RAM if possible...

Plus, as far as older Macs or older PCs, a lot of time you can squeeze a 
little more life out of them by not using the "native" OS and putting a 
*nix on them and using them for a server-type task


> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "A.Tuazon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 3:30 AM
> Subject: Re: IIsi questions
> 
> 
> > Thanks folks for all the responses.  I guess I'll be going with 7.1
> and
> > sticking with just 64MB of RAM.  It's great to see several IIsi
> owners
> still
> > out there.  These machines still rock.  They weren't as expandable as
> the
> > IIci's but they were work horses.  I wonder if you could say the same
> for
> > 386 or 486 owners.
> >
> 
> I find that older macs have a tendency to take more ram then the same
> vintage PC, which allows the use of newer OS then the machine was
> originally
> built for. Still I could run windows 3.1 quite well on my 386/40 with
> math
> coprocessor and 32mb of ram if I wanted to (its used for old dos games
> and
> is equipped for that). In the past I have run windows 95 on a high end
> 486
> system, and they generally max out at 64mb of ram.
> 
> My oldest mac is a IIfx and runs OS 7.1 or is it 7.01 ok with just 20mb
> of
> ram (very hard to find a set of 4 SIMMs bigger then 4mb and too costly
> even
> if you did find some). Still even 20mb is more then enough for the
> programs
> of that vintage.
> 
> Being able to upgrade the memory is nice, if you have the need for it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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MacTV RAM (was Re: IIsi questions)

2004-05-04 Thread Steve 

Can anyone say if the 72-pin SIMMs at http://www.ramseeker.com/ will work 
in the MacTV?  I'd like to boost my RAM if possible...

Plus, as far as older Macs or older PCs, a lot of time you can squeeze a 
little more life out of them by not using the "native" OS and putting a 
*nix on them and using them for a server-type task


> 
> - Original Message - 
> From: "A.Tuazon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Vintage Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 3:30 AM
> Subject: Re: IIsi questions
> 
> 
> > Thanks folks for all the responses.  I guess I'll be going with 7.1
> and
> > sticking with just 64MB of RAM.  It's great to see several IIsi
> owners
> still
> > out there.  These machines still rock.  They weren't as expandable as
> the
> > IIci's but they were work horses.  I wonder if you could say the same
> for
> > 386 or 486 owners.
> >
> 
> I find that older macs have a tendency to take more ram then the same
> vintage PC, which allows the use of newer OS then the machine was
> originally
> built for. Still I could run windows 3.1 quite well on my 386/40 with
> math
> coprocessor and 32mb of ram if I wanted to (its used for old dos games
> and
> is equipped for that). In the past I have run windows 95 on a high end
> 486
> system, and they generally max out at 64mb of ram.
> 
> My oldest mac is a IIfx and runs OS 7.1 or is it 7.01 ok with just 20mb
> of
> ram (very hard to find a set of 4 SIMMs bigger then 4mb and too costly
> even
> if you did find some). Still even 20mb is more then enough for the
> programs
> of that vintage.
> 
> Being able to upgrade the memory is nice, if you have the need for it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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