Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!ll-xn!cit-vax!newton From: newton@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Mike Newton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Home upgrade of Mac II video? Message-ID: <3286@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Date: Mon, 20-Jul-87 22:43:46 EDT Article-I.D.: cit-vax.3286 Posted: Mon Jul 20 22:43:46 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jul-87 03:57:18 EDT References: <57900001@sfu_halley> <2387@ames.UUCP> Reply-To: newton@cit-vax.UUCP (Mike Newton) Organization: California Institute of Technology Lines: 33 I *just* finished doing this upgrade myself (and I'm a software type). You need _8_ (not 4 as mentioned earlier) NEC D41264C-15's. These chips are not the cheapie DRAMs that you see advertized in the trade rags. A place to get them: I.C. Express, Inc. 15358 Valley Blvd. City of Industry, CA 91746 818-356-6771 I called about 12 places that were listed in Computer Shopper. These people and a place in Texas were the only two that carried them. Both places charged $8.95 each, so I went for a little drive... (Total price with sales tax, visa tax... $78, still MUCH cheaper than the apple price). Insertion took about 5 minutes (repeatedly grounding myself to prevent static buildupt). Then boot and the Control Panel panel has a choice of '256'. Now if only there was more (shareware or cheap) software that used the colors... - mike newton@csvax.caltech.edu {ucbvax!cithep,amdahl}!cit-vax!newton Caltech 256-80 818-356-6771 (afternoons,nights) Pasadena CA 91125 Beach Bums Anonymous, Pasadena President Life's a beach. Then you graduate.