Re: RAMFAST Cache Question

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <1t64boINN4ho@gap.caltech.edu> nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates) writes:
>
>set MODE_PARANOIA ON :)
>
>   Being too lazy to open up my IIGS or my RamFast's manual, let me ask this:
>does the RamFast automatically recognize the new ram as it is put in, or are
>there some jumpers? What about verifying the ram chips? I'd hate to buy new
>ram, and trust my hard drive to it, and find out the hard way that one chip
>was defective...
>
>   Also, this is 4 1MB *4 chips, right? I'm not an Electronics Engineer, so
>I'd like to make double-sure before I buy. In addition, are the ram chips 
>easily recognizable so that I'll know which ones to yank off without replacing
>some support chips with ram? :)
>
>set MODE_PARANOIA OFF

	If I remember correctly, don't you have a Rev C Ramfast?  If
so you can't upgrade the cache ram.

	However the Rev D does use 256 x 4 and 1 mb x 4 chips,
depending on the amount of cache ram you want.

>* Nathan Mates nathan@cco.caltech.edu * MSC #850, Pasadena  CA 91126

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