[comp.sys.mac.system] More than 8 megs in a Mac

baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (04/03/91)

A friend is thinking about getting more than 8 megs of memory with his
IIci on the thought that he'll be getting AU/X at some point.

But neither of us is sure whether it's OK to put 8 2-meg SIMMs in a
IIci under either 6.0.7 or System 7 (when it's released).

Likewise, would 8 4-meg SIMMs be OK?  What does the Mac do with memory
over 8 megs under 6.0.7?  How about combinations (like 4 1-meg and 4
4-meg SIMMs)?

If someone knows of an official "legal memory combinations" list, we'd
be much obliged if he or she could post or mail it to us.

Thanks in advance.

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baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) (04/04/91)

In article <BAUMGART.91Apr3081615@info7.esquire.dpw.com> baumgart@esquire.dpw.com (Steve Baumgarten) writes:

   If someone knows of an official "legal memory combinations" list, we'd
   be much obliged if he or she could post or mail it to us.

I should add that he'll be getting the IIci "stripped"; i.e., with
only 1 meg of memory and no hard disk.  I assume that that means the
IIci comes with 4 256K SIMMs in Bank A.  If he goes for 4-meg SIMMs,
is it still possible to keep the 4 256K SIMMs in either bank for a
total of 17 megs?  Or can you only mix 4-meg SIMMs with 1-meg SIMMs?

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   Steve Baumgarten             | "New York... when civilization falls apart,
   Davis Polk & Wardwell        |  remember, we were way ahead of you."
   baumgart@esquire.dpw.com     | 
   cmcl2!esquire!baumgart       |                           - David Letterman