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- From: Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: LC video RAM upgrade
- Message-ID: <715428049.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 02:14:39 -0500
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- SH> I have an LC with "256k video RAM, upgradable to 512k" as quoted by
- SH> the "Features" pamphlet that came with my LC. Do I needa special board
- SH> or anything additional, or can I go out an buy the 512k RAM and plug
- SH> it right in? Thanks. hue@pro-freedom.cts.com (scott hudziak)
- SH>
- LS>
- LS> It is just a special SIMM. You just buy the 512k SIMM. Remove the 256k
- LS> SIMM and snap in the 512k. The SIMMs cost about $50 from the Chip
- LS> Merchant. It has been my experiance that the new video ram will slow
- LS> down the computer somewhat. Also quite a few programs will display 256
- LS> colors at most so unless you are doing something that needs 16 bit
- LS> color, you will be giving up some speed and getting questionable
- LS> benifits.
- I do not think that the 512K VRAM SLOWS the computer down at ALL! The whole
- idea behind a separate VRAM is that it does NOT intrude on the RAM that you have
- installed to deal with applications! Unless you haave some knowledge that no one
- else in the Mac world has....I think you're coming up Short on the facts.
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