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- From: hcs+@cs.cmu.edu (Henry C Schmitt)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: IIci memory configuration question
- Summary: Big SIMMs in either bank
- Keywords: MacIIci Memory
- Message-ID: <Bzpvux.KG2.1@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 14:49:45 GMT
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- In article <1091@blue.cis.pitt.edu> nick+@pitt.edu (Nick C De Mello) writes:
- >
- > 20 Megs is definitely OK, you just need 32 bit addressing,
- >
- > BUT: be carefull. The way you described it "taking out the
- > quarter meg chips and slotting the 4 megs" won't work.
- > Remember you have an "A" bank and a "B" bank and the
- > biggest simms have to be in the "A" bank. So you have
- > to move your 1 meg simms to the slots the quarters are
- > in, and slot the 4 megs into the bank the 1 megs were
- > in. If you have any questions, or if I just made things
- > more confusing feel free to e-mail.
- >
- >
- > -- Nick
-
- WRONG! This is correct for any machine EXCEPT the IIci. In
- fact, on the IIci it is PREFERRED to have the smaller SIMMs in Bank A
- when using the internal video. If you're using a video card, it
- doesn't matter. This information comes from Apple's Macintosh IIci
- Technical Notes available from APDA or on the Developers' CD-ROM.
-
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