NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/periphs/printers/3699

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Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Tuesday, 22 Dec 1992 09:43:27 CET
From: <[e-mail]>
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject:    Q. to HP re. Spec of HP L-jet 4M
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 I have just received my HP LASERJET 4M. There are (as before) 4 SIMM slots.
The Manual states that you can add an extra 32 MB, except in the case of a
4M where you can only add an extra 16MB - This would be 2 * 8MB. The manual
further states theat the 4M has 6MB installed.
 Point is :- With 4 SIMM slots, 1 occupied by the included 4MB and ONE by the
PS interpretter, this makes simple sense. BUT, I have ONE occupied by the 4MB
included and TWO occupied by "wide" SIMMs. The middle of these 3 is clearly
stamped all over with ADOBE, the other large SIMM is not obvious. I presume
that TWO SIMMs have been used for PS, why (even allowing it's now PS level
2) when only one was needed for L-j IIISi and now we have 8MB SIMM capacity.

 In summary, I can only add 8MB (not 16), or 12 if I scrap the existing 4MB
SIMM and replace it by an 8MB also.
 Further, I seem to remember extra emulations were available AS SIMMs, with
PS using 2 this would even more restrict, (particularly as there is only one
Cartridge slot) the "mental" expansion of the printer.

 Have I got a "pre-release" and now it only needs 1 SIMM (as it should be),
 Is the manual wide of the mark.
 Is the other "SIMM" something else, if so, what (Some sort of Co-Pro. maybe??)


 P.S.S what does "Upgraded to C2021A, 4892" imply????