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From: lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: B2000 memory
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Date: 26 Jun 88 21:40:28 GMT
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In <3906@saturn.ucsc.edu>, paladin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (90709000) writes:
 >     I posted a similar message a while ago, but no one answered the
 >questions, so here goes again.  The B2000 is upgradable to 8 megs, but
 >does it have to be put onto an expansion card, or can it be placed directly
 >on the motherboard?  And are 150ns chips optimum for the B2000, or are
 >0-wait chips even better?  And is the relative price increase worth it?
 >What about 1meg chips (as opposed to the 256K ones)?  Will future boards/
 >whatever be able to use these chips now that they're more cost-effective
 >than the 256K ones?  If so, how long (estimated) before such hardware 
 >comes out?

  They have to be placed on an expansion card. Have you looked at the
motherboard at all? 8 megs if a fair chunk of real estate, even using 1
MBit chips.

  On an Amiga, 150 ns chips _are_ 0-wait chips.

  1 MBit chips are definitely better from a real estate point of view.
Currently, 256K chip memory boards hold 2 megs per board, though that is
not the maximum that can be placed on a single expansion board. With 1 MBit
chips, you can have the entire 8 megs on one board easily. ASDG makes/sells
an 8 meg board that takes 1 MBit chips.

-larry

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