Re: GS RAM III

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Paul Grammens writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote
 ....
> >
> > ref. Csa2 FAQs-on-Ground ref: Csa2HDWHACK.txt
> > >>
 ....
> > As of July 2000, you could find the chips
> > you need at M.C. Howard Electronics ( http://www.mchoward.com/; orders:
 ....
> 
> Unfortunately, the chips M.C. Howard sent me were 4 meg x 1 instead of 1 meg
> x 4, and when I explained that they had sent the wrong chips, they said they
> didn't have any of the correct type.
> -Paul


     Drat. Thanks for the update. I've removed the FAQs refs to M.C. Howard.

     Just checked SPI  ( http://www.spisemi.com/index.html ; 818-884-8000).
They claim to have the IC in several different speeds:


Part                                     Quantity

D424400V-10       424400Z10    NEC          93
D424400V-60       424400Z60    NEC          22
D424400V-70       424400Z70    NEC          30
D424400V-70L      424400Z70    NEC          14
D424400V-80       424400Z80    NEC          111


"D424400V-80" is an exact match for one of the numbers jotted down in my GS RAM
III manual. Even so, a buyer should probably confirm that he/she is getting the
Zip package RAM-- i.e. the RAM chip "with the little feets all on one edge".
(Hmmm, guess it's too late to send in the warranty registration card. Doesn't
matter. The card has never had a problem.)



Rubywand