I have  8  4 MB SIMMs in my SE/30 here.  Now I've acquired another SE/30
that came with only 5 MB in it.

Does anybody know where I can get Ethernet cards for SE/30's?  Or a good
alternative method for networking these machines to all my other systems on
the home network?  How good would a PPP connection work to one of my i386
machines?

Scott

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Valdes" <j-valdes@uchicago.edu>
To: "Tod McQuillin" <devin@spamcop.net>
Cc: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: IIcx SIMM configuration


> > For those of you with Mac IIcx's, what memory configurations are you
> > using?  Has anyone successfully used 16MB SIMMS in a IIcx?  How about
4MB
> > SIMMS?
>
> I haven't used 16MB SIMMs, but I've used 4MB SIMMs w/o problems in my
> IIcx.
>
> > When the 16MB SIMMS are installed in bank A, the IIcx plays the "death
> > chimes" and refuses to start up (regardless of what is in bank B).
> >
> > When 1MB SIMMS are in bank A and 16MB SIMMS are in bank B, the system
> > boots but only sees 8MB of RAM (I am running MODE32 and 32-bit
addressing
> > is enabled).
>
> Configs I've used successfully include 1MB SIMMs in bank A w/ 4MB
> SIMMs in bank B (so 20MB total), and 4MB SIMMs in both A & B (32MB
> total).
>
> I always thought 16MB SIMMs didn't work in the IIcx (while they do in
> the IIci, as do the odd sized SIMMs, 2MB, 8MB, etc); however, one day
> 16MB SIMMs magically appeared as supported on the IIcx according to
> AppleSpec...  I notice that the IIx doesn't list support for 16MB
> SIMMs on AppleSpec, FWTW (the IIx & IIcx are more similar to each
> other than the IIcx and IIci).
>
> > Any ideas?
>
> There's always the possibility that the SIMMs are DOA.  Do you have
> another system known to support 16MB SIMMs in which you could test
> them?
>
> > (Of course this is for the purpose of running NetBSD; I am
> > asking here rather than on a general Mac users list because I figure
> > NetBSD users have more incentive to upgrade past 8MB to build kernels).
>
> Actually, my primary incentive was Netscape 4 under MacOS, but going
> past 8MB in NetBSD certainly helps a lot too. :)
>
> John
>