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- From: jrh@de.deere.com (John R. Howell)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Max Memory for a Mac II
- Message-ID: <jrh-091192083631@coyote.de.deere.com>
- Date: 9 Nov 92 14:42:04 GMT
- References: <1d8vluINN57c@rave.larc.nasa.gov> <noah-041192152509@noah.apple.com> <1992Nov5.154334.13266@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> <1992Nov7.110929.25432@newstand.syr.edu>
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- Organization: Deere & Company
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- In article <1992Nov7.110929.25432@newstand.syr.edu>,
- serhody@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Stephen e. Rhody) wrote:
- >
- > In article <1992Nov5.154334.13266@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com> fdm@WLV.IIPO.GTEGSC.COM (Frank D. Malczewski) writes:
- > >In article <noah-041192152509@noah.apple.com> noah@apple.com (Noah Price) writes:
- > >#In article <1d8vluINN57c@rave.larc.nasa.gov>, wjb@cscsun2.larc.nasa.gov
- > >#(William J. Bene) wrote:
- > >#> What is the maximum memory for a Mac II? I have heard that you can break
-
- > >True or False: The SuperDrive upgrade is not necessary to add the special
- > >PAL 4MB SIMMs to one of the Mac II's memory banks, giving 20MB total.
- > >
- > Mac II's do not need the SuperDrive upgrade to use PAL 4MB SIMMs. All you
- > need is a PMMU and Mode32. I just did this upgrade one month ago and
- > everything is working fine.
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-
- My understanding is this is true for 4MB PAL SIMMs in Bank B. With 1MB
- SIMMs in Bank A, this takes you to 20MB. If you also want 4MB PAL SIMMs in
- Bank A (to go to 32MB) then the SuperDrive Upgrade's IIx ROM is required.
-
- John Howell
- Deere & Company
- (The Big Green Tractor People)
- jrh@de.deere.com
-