[eunet.micro.acorn] upgrading the RAM

gtoal@tharr.UUCP (Graham Toal) (03/09/91)

>An electrical engineering student suggested this to me some time
>back. Should I trust him? I have a 310 with no warranty. Are there 
>drawbacks? like not being able to buy an  ARM3 when I win the pools. or
>it being terribly slow?
>
>I really want 4meg but I *can't* afford the ridiculous price people
>are asking for it. 

Well, if you're not an EE student yourself, see if you can get your
friend to do it for you; the upgrade needs an experienced
solderer, and a calm temperament :) ...  Les suggests taking a weekend
over it, with several breaks.

I bought the ram mail-order from Germany (where *everything* seems
cheaper - check out Chip magazine if you can get it) but I think
you can find almost as good prices in britain.

The catch is the work is really tedious; and the main part is unsoldering
all your current ram chips and inserting sockets instead.

G
PS Les's home-made arm3 upgrade is compatible with his ram upgrade :)
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