Subject: Re: SIMM location
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@whooppee.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 11/14/1997 22:56:54
On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> In quadruplets. You need to populate each bank of 4 with the same
> size chip.
Same size _and_ speed - don't mix 70ns chips with slower ones.
> On the IIci, bank A, I think, is the internal video.
Yep.
> Keep it the smaller of the two so the system clashes with the
> video controller less (as the video controller wins for flicker-free
> video).
Only put the smaller size SIMMs in bank A if you are actually _using_ the
internal video. Otherwise, (ie, you're using a nubus video card) put the
_larger_ SIMMs in bank A.
> The IIsi only has one open bank of ram (of four slots). There's one
> meg soldered onto the MB.
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