ossian1@pnet06.cts.com (James A. Von Schmacht) (02/06/89)
Just make sure that you buy SOJ (surface mount) simms designed for the MAC II.
They are fast enough for the 16mhz '030, and can be used in ANY mac.
Jim von Schmacht
High Law Giver
Ossian Productions
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INET: ossian1@pnet06.cts.combob@accuvax.nwu.edu (Bob Hablutzel) (02/09/89)
>> I currently use a Mac SE with 1 meg of memory and am in desperate need of >> more memory (the LSC 3.0 debugger doesn't run on my whimpy 1 meg machine). >> I would hustle out and get a 1 meg SIMM but this SE/30 business has me >> worried: if and when I upgrade my old SE to the new SE/30, will I have >> to throw out my SIMM? I don't have the tech specs for the SE/30, so I >> can't just look it up. I assume that the SE/30 will take the same SIMM's >> that the SE does, but you can never be too sure about these things... >The SE/30 does take the same simms that the SE does, with one important >difference. The SE/30 is a 32 bit machine, therefore, simms have to be added >four at a time. Where you could get 2 1 meg simms for the old SE and wind up >with a 2.5 MB machine, this is not possible with the SE/30. Wouldn't the SE/30 require the 120 ns SIMMS, same as the II, and not be able to use the 150 ns SIMMs that the SE uses? Bob Hablutzel Wildwood Software BOB@NUACC.ACNS.NWU.EDU