MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET (Jim McCabe) (07/04/90)
I'm selling my one megabyte 520ST to someone with a 1040ST, and he wants
to be sure all his usual programs will work on my machine. Are there
any compatibility problems between a 1040 and a 1meg 520?
Jim McCabe
MCCABE @ MTUS5.BITNETckb@athena.mit.edu (Christopher K. Brown) (07/05/90)
I've had an upgraded 520 for longer than I can remember. Never had any compatability problems with 1040 stuff, they're the same machine minus built in drive. I bought my 520 the first Christmas they were available in the US and upgraded about 4 months later. Chris
bdeskin@cognos.UUCP (Bob Deskin) (07/08/90)
Don't worry about the memory upgrade, worry about the version of TOS. If both machines use the same version of TOS, and both have double sided drives, I don't know of any other incompatibilities. I've had an upgraded 520 for about two years (and the 520 itself since November 1985) and have never had problems. Of course I'm still using TOS 1.0. -- Bob Deskin Cognos Incorporated (613) 738-1338 ext 5003 P.O. Box 9707 FAX (613) 738-0002 3755 Riverside Drive UUCP: uunet!mitel!sce!cognos!bdeskin Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA K1G 3Z4
ABADDON@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK (07/09/90)
In article <90185.071029MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET>, MCCABE@MTUS5.BITNET (Jim McCabe) says: > >I'm selling my one megabyte 520ST to someone with a 1040ST, and he wants >to be sure all his usual programs will work on my machine. Are there >any compatibility problems between a 1040 and a 1meg 520? I've been using such a system for about 2 years (gosh thinking about it its probably longer - doesn't time fly) with a fairly large range of software (both games and applications) and I haven't had any problems. The 1040 and the 520 both use the same boards, so if your upgrade is of the 'buy the bits yourself and plug them in' form there is no difference at all. I don't know about the various 'solderless upgrades' but I would suspect there to be no problem "What makes you think I care?" - Batman, Legends Of The Dark Knight Kevin O'Donovan ABADDON @ UK.AC.LIVERPOOL.IBM KEBAB%CIX.UUCP @ UK.AC.UCP