Re: Laser 128EX

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Rubywand wrote:

> Roy and/or Janet Miller writes ...
> >
> > I just got my hands on a Laser 128EX. According to Laser adds in Nibble,
> > this machine is 3x faster than a stock II, and has a memory card for
> > adding up to one meg of RAM. My machine is on my work bench, and there
> > are four banks for 256K RAM chips.
> >
> > Here is my question. Will 200 nanosecond chips work, or do I have to use
> > my 80 or 70 nanosecond chips? (I don't have enough chips at speeds
> > between 200 and 80 to do more than fill one bank.)
> >
>  ....
>
>      Not sure; but, it seems likely that the 128EX would run at full speed
> only in a cache RAM. You could try a board with just 200ns RAM chips and see
> how it works.
>
> Rubywand

That's the plan. I guess I'll find out tonight.

Thanks

Roy