[comp.sys.mac.misc] 3 megs RAM?!

tfarring@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tim Farrington) (06/27/91)

Is it posssible to have 3 megs of RAM in a ][si? (Or in any Mac for that
matter?) Somebody I know supposedly has 3 megs in a ][si and I was 
wondering if they were pulling my lower extremities. 
thanx
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rbrink@hubcap.clemson.edu (Rick Brink) (06/28/91)

From article <45340@netnews.upenn.edu>, by tfarring@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tim Farrington):
> 
> Is it posssible to have 3 megs of RAM in a ][si? (Or in any Mac for that
> matter?) Somebody I know supposedly has 3 megs in a ][si and I was 
> wondering if they were pulling my lower extremities. 
> thanx
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Yes indead.  Newer IIsi's are shipping with 3 megs.  They're putting 512k
simms in the sockets, instead of 256's.  A very useful config. considering
System 7 is VERY difficult to run in 2 megs of RAM.  I imagine it's still
cheaper to upgrade to 5 megs 3rd party, than to buy those 512 simms.