Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!cjp From: cjp@Apple.COM (Chris Plummer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mac SE SIMM question Message-ID: <33914@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 21:53:18 GMT References: <1570010@hp-ptp.HP.COM> <2874@mace.cc.purdue.edu> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 25 In article <2874@mace.cc.purdue.edu> ajq@mace.cc.purdue.edu (John O'Malley) writes: >In article <1570010@hp-ptp.HP.COM> steve@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Steve_Witten) writes: >>What size SIMM's do SE's use to make up their standard 1 Mb -- 4 SIMMs @ >>256 Kb each or 1 SIMM @ 1 Mb each? >> >>Steve Witten steve%hp-ptp@hplabs.HP.COM > >SIMMs don't work unless installed in even numbers, if I understand things >correctly. One 1 meg SIMM would not work alone. The Mac SE (or any Mac >that ships with just 1 meg RAM) has four 256K SIMMs. > >Please, someone correct me if I'm wrong ... > > >John O'Malley / Macintosh / Purdue University / (317) >mace.cc.purdue.edu!ajq / Specialist / Computing Center / 494-1787 The SE and the Plus have 4 SIMM slots and require SIMMs to be installed in pairs. The SE/30, Mac II, Mac IIx, and Mac IIcx have 8 SIMM slots and require the SIMMS to be installed in groups of 4. Chris Plummer AppleLink: PLUMMER1 Communications Product Development internet: cjp@Apple.com Apple Computer, Inc. UUCP: {amdahl,decwrl,sun,unisoft}!apple!cjp