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- From: bevis@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Bevis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: GVP memory question...
- Keywords: how?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.200909.6918@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 20:09:09 GMT
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
- Lines: 34
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- I'm considering getting myself a GVP G-Force 030 Combo-25/1 or 40/4
- but I'd like to know a little more about the memory arrangement...
-
- The 25/1 comes with 1Mb and is expandable to 13Mb with the addition of
- three SIMMs.
-
- The 40/4 comes with 4Mb and is expandable to 16Mb with the addition of
- three SIMMs.
-
- The question is, how are they doing this? Consider the 25/1. Initially,
- it has one meg with it. Is it 8, 16, or 32-bit wide? How do (or CAN)
- they combine a 1Mb memory with 4Mx24 to achieve 32-bit wide memory?? I
- suspect the board doesn't really use 32-bit wide memory, and thus I am
- hesitant to purchase it.
-
- Next consider the 40/4. Is the 4Mb initially present 32-bit wide? If
- so, does the addition of three SIMMs reconfigure the board (perhaps
- with a jumper change) such that this memory is then part of a 32-bit wide
- block of 16Mb? This is strange!
-
- What's going on here? If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it!
- I certainly don't want to get stuck with an 030 board using any non-32-bit
- memory design.
-
- Creative computers can offer me no explanations, so I can't buy 'till I
- know WHY!
-
- -Jeff, the nervous consumer
-
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