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- From: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
- Subject: model 77 max ram
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.4892.2431@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "richard anstruther" <richard.anstruther@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 5 Nov 92 22:02:16 EST
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- Chad Price writes:
- -> On paper, the 77 is a nice machine, but for a couple of reasons, I
- -> got a Gateway EISA tower anyway: Max memory is 32MB on the 77, it has
- -> limited extra drive space, and less slots. Max Memory at 32 means
- -> that if the tech specs printed are correct, NO additional memory
- -> cards will be usable in the machine. I'm not sure why IBM did that.
- -> 32MB fits on the motherboard using 8MB SIMMS.
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- I believe what's stated is that additional memory isn't supported,
- not that you can't add it. IBM said that 16 megs was the max
- for the model 80 (and various other PS/2's) but that didn't stop
- people from adding memory on expansion cards.
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