ireland@ac.dal.ca (11/09/90)
I just ordered some RAM from the Chip Merchant in order to get all our compact macs up to 4 megs, including a Mac Classic with 2 megs currently. I haven't heard anything about the procedure for adding RAM to the Classics yet. Is it different from Plus's or SE's? Any resistors to cut? Thanks for any information. Keith ireland@ac.dal.ca
c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) (11/09/90)
Oh yes, the procedure for adding memory to a Classic is *VERY* different.
You need to buy an EXPANSION CARD, which contains extra memory.
(read: expen$ive).
Which brings me to another point: A new expansion card for the Classic.
ComputerCare (phone # 1-800-950-CARE), will be shipping the "MacScratch",
a memory expansion card for the Classic. Shipment begins Nov. 19.
Here are the details:
* The board comes with 1 MB RAM installed, and two SIMM sockets, so you can
add more at a later date
* The cost is $139, which roughly equals the price of an Apple card.
But, you get more features this way, see below:
* Around January of next year, ComputerCare will be releasing a series of
plug-in "modules" that plug in to the MacScratch memory board.
- The first module, which will be available January, will allow you to plug
an extra monitor, possibly color even, into your Mac.
- Other modules that will be released between January - June, will
include:
+ a RAM disk module, which will allow you to have up to a 16 MB RAM
drive (it uses its own memory chips, not your Mac system memory)
+ Network conectivity cards (EtherNet, possibly Token Ring, more)
This looks to be a good deal, and certainly a more pleasant alternative
than Apple's basic RAM card.
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aland@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Alan D Danziger) (11/10/90)
In article <8690@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) writes:
Oh yes, the procedure for adding memory to a Classic is *VERY* different.
You need to buy an EXPANSION CARD, which contains extra memory.
(read: expen$ive).
Which brings me to another point: A new expansion card for the Classic.
ComputerCare (phone # 1-800-950-CARE), will be shipping the "MacScratch",
a memory expansion card for the Classic. Shipment begins Nov. 19.
Here are the details:
[details deleted]
First, and just for the record, I wouldn't count on 'upgrade modules'
until they're released &/or debugged! Vaporware should not be counted
on.
Secondly, and possibly more important, the original poster commented
that his Classic already had 2 megs. The 2 meg classics already have
the memory expansion board, and just need the additional ram
installed. I don't know about the resistor (but I don't think there
is anything needing to be CUT, there might be a jumper removed or
something) but the card is already installed in a 2-meg Classic.
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Donald Burr (c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.edu) writes in a message on 09 Nov 90: > * Around January of next year, ComputerCare will be releasing a series of > plug-in "modules" that plug in to the MacScratch memory board. > > - The first module, which will be available January, will allow you to plug > an extra monitor, possibly color even, into your Mac. > > - Other modules that will be released between January - June, will > include: > > + a RAM disk module, which will allow you to have up to a 16 MB RAM > drive (it uses its own memory chips, not your Mac system memory) > > + Network conectivity cards (EtherNet, possibly Token Ring, more) > > This looks to be a good deal, and certainly a more pleasant alternative > than Apple's basic RAM card. Sounds for all the world like this company hasn't considered the power supply situation in the Classic. My bet is that such add-ons severly tax the power supply's capabilities, and would void the warranty if something happened. --Adam-- **************************************************************** * "But Windows slows performance, and its interface isn't as * * elegant as the Mac's. It's a little like listening to * * Bruce Willis play the blues: technically correct but * * soulless." * **************************************************************** * CIS: 70721,504 * * America OnLine: AdamFrix * * Internet: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG * **************************************************************** -- Adam Frix via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!200.2!Adam.Frix INET: Adam.Frix@p2.f200.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG
joseph@cooper.cooper.EDU (Joe Giannuzzi) (11/13/90)
in article <8690@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, c60a-cz@danube.Berkeley.EDU (Donald Burr) says: > > Oh yes, the procedure for adding memory to a Classic is *VERY* different. > You need to buy an EXPANSION CARD, which contains extra memory. In my understanding, this is not quite true. If the Classic already has 2 Meg and is going to 4 Meg, it must already have a RAM expansion card in it with two SIMM slots. I don't know if anything has to be cut or jumped. Joseph -> joseph@cooper.cooper.edu OR cmcl2!cooper!joseph Disclaimer -> You are dealing with the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind