Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-27 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- classic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So your 6100 can see and use 264 megs RAM? Yes, was surprised in a way but these chips came from a seller who claimed they work in an LC 475. He wasn't kidding. http://www.kevinomura.com/6100/ What is interesting is that the 7100 doesn't see the

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-26 Thread classic
So your 6100 can see and use 264 megs RAM? Yes, was surprised in a way but these chips came from a seller who claimed they work in an LC 475. He wasn't kidding. http://www.kevinomura.com/6100/ What is interesting is that the 7100 doesn't see the full capacity of these chips and I have an 8100 I

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-26 Thread classic
Vintage Macs vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com writes: Both machines max out at 136 MB - the 6100 can use two of the 64 MB SIMMS chips (which for some reason the 7100 cannot use); the 7100 can use four of the 32 MB SIMMS chips; both have 8 MB on the motherboard for a total of 136. That's what I

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-26 Thread Jeff Walther
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:28:56 -0500 From: classic [EMAIL PROTECTED] So your 6100 can see and use 264 megs RAM? Yes, was surprised in a way but these chips came from a seller who claimed they work in an LC 475. He wasn't kidding. http://www.kevinomura.com/6100/ I suspect this topic more properly

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-26 Thread Jeff Walther
Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:34:06 -0500 From: classic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now I guess the bigger question is if 256 mb chips will work. There is a fellow out on the web with another page dedicated to the PowerMac 6100 and he makes note of these chips. I missed out on some a while ago and now kind of

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-26 Thread classic
Vintage Macs vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com writes: I suspect this topic more properly belongs in 1st PowerMacs rather than Vintage Macs. Whoops been on eBay too much every oldish mac is 'vintage' on there! ;^) Thank you for this information. I bought four of these SIMMs on Ebay a while

A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-25 Thread classic
I didn't think this was true but I've been experimenting around with a bunch of 72 pin 64 and 128 mb single and double sided ram in my 6100, 7100 and Quadra 605. Oddly the 6100 can run a pair of 128 mb chips while the 7100 sees these as 32 mb chips. Has anyone out there been able to add more than

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-25 Thread Allan Hunter
Both machines max out at 136 MB - the 6100 can use two of the 64 MB SIMMS chips (which for some reason the 7100 cannot use); the 7100 can use four of the 32 MB SIMMS chips; both have 8 MB on the motherboard for a total of 136. At 1:20 AM -0500 2/26/05, classic wrote: I didn't think this was

Re: A PowerMac 6100 can take more ram than a 7100?

2005-02-25 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- classic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't think this was true but I've been experimenting around with a bunch of 72 pin 64 and 128 mb single and double sided ram in my 6100, 7100 and Quadra 605. Oddly the 6100 can run a pair of 128 mb chips while the 7100 sees these as 32 mb chips. So