Subject: Re: Quadra 840AV hardware question
To: Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com>
From: Jeffrey Ohlmann <jeffbsd@yahoo.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 09/30/2000 10:26:58
--- Bob Nestor <rnestor@augustmail.com> wrote:
> Jeffrey Ohlmann wrote:
> 
> >I have several (3) Quadra 840AVs. Today I noticed that one of them
> has
> >a slot at J24 (I think) on the motherboard, next to the four SIMM
> >slots. This slot is occupied by what appears to be a small RAM
> stick,
> >which has printed on it "2MB SIMM APPLE COMPUTER". What is this, and
> >why do the other two machines not have it? I'll add that this
> machine
> >has a CDROM drive while the others do not, if that's significant. 
> 
> Isn't that the Video RAM?
> 
> -bob

Obviously I don't know, but I don't think so, for a few reasons: It
doesn't look like the usual Apple VRAM; the Apple Spec says the 840AV
has only 512k VRAM built in; and there are four explicitly labeled VRAM
slots elsewhere on the board.

Jeff



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