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- From: 11437294@eng2.eng.monash.edu.au (NATHAN WHEAT)
- Subject: Re: Advice needed: keyboard, VRAM for LC
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- Organization: Faculty of Engineering, Monash University
- References: <1992Aug4.204512.6506@leland.Stanford.EDU> <77332@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:36:41 GMT
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- In article <77332@ut-emx.uucp> ginsu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wes Simonds) writes:
- >From: ginsu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Wes Simonds)
- >Subject: Advice needed: keyboard, VRAM for LC
- >Date: 7 Aug 92 16:12:49 GMT
- >(1) I need a keyboard with a clackety-clack response like a true IBM keyboard.
- > Tried the MacPro Plus, thought it was mushy. Anybody have some advice?
-
- I have heard of a little INIT called Tappy-Type which makes sounds thru the
- speaker when you type... if it's sound you're after (I guess not).
-
- >(2) I want 512K VRAM on my LC but am told a dealer needs to install it. On
- > cracking open the case it looks to me like it just snaps into the VRAM
- > slot like the regular RAM SIMMs would. Any reason I shouldn't just install
- > it myself, or is the $30 dealer fee worth it?
-
- Do it yourself. It isn't necessary for the dealer to do it for you, if you
- think you can handle it. But one warning... watch out for static (
- electricity), they can stuff the SIMMs up badly. Just be sure to ground
- yourself regularly by touching the power supply.
-
- Nathan W.
-