Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

--- the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 00:15 -0800 on 01/04/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > > >MicroMac sells (or sold) SIMM stackers that would > >put four 30pin SIMMs in each IIfx slot. Expensive > > How did they overcome the problem that four 30-pin > SIMMs make a 32-bit RAM > chip, which

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

The specs are still on MicrMac's site: They weren't for 30pins! Of course, nobody would go out and buy eight 8MB SIMMs to configure a 64MB memory. They'd buy the 16MB SIMMs at something more than twice the cost of 8MB units and then c

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

>MicroMac sells (or sold) SIMM stackers that >would put four 30pin SIMMs in each IIfx slot. As I recall, their stackers would put two 64pin SIMMs from your machine's inventory into a single shot. Say you had 20MB configured as four 1MB and four 4MB SIMMs. At the cost of about $100, you could

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

At 00:15 -0800 on 01/04/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: >MicroMac sells (or sold) SIMM stackers that would >put four 30pin SIMMs in each IIfx slot. Expensive How did they overcome the problem that four 30-pin SIMMs make a 32-bit RAM chip, which is then sitting in an 8-bit slot? the pickle FAQ

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

--- Gregg Eshelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >MicroMac sells (or sold) SIMM stackers that would > > >put four 30pin SIMMs in each IIfx slot. Expensive > > >though! (Like most of their stuff.) > > > > > > > The SIMM stackers for the IIfx are for 64 pin > SIMMs. > > > > What makes the IIf

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

> >MicroMac sells (or sold) SIMM stackers that would > >put four 30pin SIMMs in each IIfx slot. Expensive > >though! (Like most of their stuff.) > > > > The SIMM stackers for the IIfx are for 64 pin SIMMs. > > What makes the IIfx's SIMMs special is that they > have separate pins > for data inp

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

>--- flawed jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> wizard--I'm following this discussion with interest. >> while i do not >> understand every last thing you are talking about, i >> had never heard of >> converting the RAM on a IIfx before. i gather that >> you are studying the >> structure of h

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

--- flawed jai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wizard--I'm following this discussion with interest. > while i do not > understand every last thing you are talking about, i > had never heard of > converting the RAM on a IIfx before. i gather that > you are studying the > structure of how the RAM cips

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 12:13 AM, flawed jai wrote: > if you succeed, i would be fascinated to hear what worked. i have 2 > iifx's, and until i read your discussion i was resigned to jsut > accepting that they are strange beasts that need to be fed a delicate > diet. now i'm hoping maybe th

that IIfx RAM by wizard

wizard--I'm following this discussion with interest. while i do not understand every last thing you are talking about, i had never heard of converting the RAM on a IIfx before. i gather that you are studying the structure of how the RAM cips and pins were designed for the IIfx and coming to the c