BYRNE@muppet.dnet.ge.com (03/29/91)
Well, I think I am finally going to get a hard drive for my A500 (If it clears
with the wife :-). I've decided on the GVP Series II A500-HD+. It says it can
handle 8 MB of RAM expansion using the provided 4 SIMM sockets. Amiga World had
an article saying you can upgrade in multiples of 2 MB which suggests the slots
take 2 MB SIMMs. The question I have is do 2 MB SIMMs exist? I've only heard
of 1 MB and 4 MB SIMMs. Also, any article in Amiga World implied that a full 8
MB expansion only cost them $269!?! Thanks...
- FB
P.S. If anyone owns one of these beasts I'm interested in your comments. tagreen@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd A. Green) (03/29/91)
In article <49217@nigel.ee.udel.edu> BYRNE@muppet.dnet.ge.com writes: >take 2 MB SIMMs. The question I have is do 2 MB SIMMs exist? I've only heard 2mb simms do exist and are used in the newer Macs. Somewhat recent prices for 1mb simms were $35-40. Todd =============================================================================== Todd A. Green "<_CyberWolf_>" --> Pascal <- InterNet: Unix Systems Administration --> Unix <--- tagreen@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu Macintosh Systems Administration --> VMS <---- tagreen@rose.ucs.indiana.edu WCC:136.04 Phone:(812) 855-0949 --> C <------ BitNet: "This is the end, my only --> Mac <---- tagreen@iubacs.BITNET friend, the end" --> NeXT <--- NeXT Mail: -Jim Morrison --> SunOS <-- tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu ===============================================================================
GaryWeir@cup.portal.com (Gary M Weir) (03/29/91)
BYRNE@muppet.dnet.ge.com writes: >Well, I think I am finally going to get a hard drive for my A500 (If >it clears with the wife :-). I've decided on the GVP Series II >A500-HD+. It says it can handle 8 MB of RAM expansion using the >provided 4 SIMM sockets. Amiga World had an article saying you can >upgrade in multiples of 2 MB which suggests the slots take 2 MB >SIMMs. The question I have is do 2 MB SIMMs exist? I've only heard >of 1 MB and 4 MB SIMMs. Also, any article in Amiga World implied >that a full 8 MB expansion only cost them $269!?! Thanks... I have the drive and it takes either 1 meg SIMMs or 4 meg SIMMS. The 1 meg SIMMs must be installed in pairs though. I doubt the price on the 8 MB expansion since the going price for 4 meg SIMMs is about in the $250 range. GaryWeir@cup.portal.com P.S. I got my drive in December. I love it but then again it is my first so I have nothing to compare it to. Haven't had any problems though.
andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz (Andrew John Williams) (03/29/91)
BYRNE@muppet.dnet.ge.com writes: >Well, I think I am finally going to get a hard drive for my A500 (If it clears >with the wife :-). I've decided on the GVP Series II A500-HD+. It says it can >handle 8 MB of RAM expansion using the provided 4 SIMM sockets. Amiga World had >an article saying you can upgrade in multiples of 2 MB which suggests the slots >take 2 MB SIMMs. The question I have is do 2 MB SIMMs exist? I've only heard >of 1 MB and 4 MB SIMMs. Also, any article in Amiga World implied that a full 8 >MB expansion only cost them $269!?! Thanks... No - it does not imply 2MB SIMMs. The 68k has a 16 bit data bus, so you need multiples of 2 SIMMS to keep it happy. So: 2MB = 2*1MB SIMMs 4MB = 4*1MB SIMMs 6MB = err, umm 8MB = 2*4MB SIMMs it could continue 10MB = 2*4MB, 2*1MB 16MB = 4*4MB but the 68k can only access 16MB, and some (I'd guess 1/2) of the space would be allocated for other things (like ROM, I/O). Does this beast actually do 6MB? If so, does anyone know how they fit it into 4 slots? John West (stealing Andrew's account) Once upon a time there was a fish
GaryWeir@cup.portal.com (Gary M Weir) (03/30/91)
John West asks: How does GVP get 6 megs?
I'm at work and away from my Amiga but as I recall, they have one 4 meg
SIMM in the first slot and then two 1 meg SIMMs in slots 3 and 4.
As an aside, the 4 meg SIMMs must go in the first two slots.
GaryWeir@cup.portal.comawessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) (03/30/91)
In article <40656@cup.portal.com> GaryWeir@cup.portal.com (Gary M Weir) writes: >I have the drive and it takes either 1 meg SIMMs or 4 meg SIMMS. >The 1 meg SIMMs must be installed in pairs though. I doubt the >price on the 8 MB expansion since the going price for 4 meg SIMMs >is about in the $250 range. This is from memory, but I think The Chip Merchant has 4 meg SIMMs for $159, and several other vendors have them for under $200. I don't have the number handy, but you could probably post in comp.sys.mac.hardware and get a quick phone number reference.
andreww@uniwa.uwa.oz (Andrew John Williams) (04/02/91)
GaryWeir@cup.portal.com (Gary M Weir) writes: >John West asks: How does GVP get 6 megs? >I'm at work and away from my Amiga but as I recall, they have one 4 meg >SIMM in the first slot and then two 1 meg SIMMs in slots 3 and 4. >As an aside, the 4 meg SIMMs must go in the first two slots. > GaryWeir@cup.portal.com Excuse my ignorance, but are 4MB SIMMs 16 bits wide? I'm only a poor pennyless student, who will probably never have the cash to get one of my very own to check. At least not until I graduate (not for a while at the rate I'm going) John West (stealing Andrew's account) Eric's a happy fish