Re: [Q]: Type of memory on SiriusRAM card?

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pkwong@user2.teleport.com (Phil Wong) wrote:

>I recently purchased an Apple IIgs, and I want to upgrade the system memory.
>
>I'm thinking of getting the SiriusRAM card from Alltech Electronics, which
>costs $65 for 2MB onboard.  The 8MB version is $34 more, which seems sort
>of expensive for an extra 6MB of RAM.  I've read that the card can be
>user-upgraded by adding 1MB SIMMS.
>
>Does anyone know exactly what type of SIMM it uses?  I presume it will be
>of the older (and hard-to-find) 30-pin variety.  What is the minimum
>access speed required?  Does it matter if the SIMMs are non-parity (8
>chip), or does it need parity (9 chip)?  How about 8/9 chip versus 3 chip?
>
>Thanks for your help!

It uses 30-pin 1MB SIMMs, either 8 chip non-parity or 9 chip
parity (I think it is advisable to use all of the same type).

The following csa2 reader is giving away some for the price
of shipping:

>John E Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com>
>Date: Thu, 30 September 1999 05:34 PM EDT
>Message-id: <37F3D74C.B1BD5198@lexis-nexis.com>
>
>For sale to the first offer that makes it worth a trip to the Post
>Office:
>
>    Eight 1MB, 80ns, 8-chip/8-bit, 30-pin SIMMs
>
>These were pulled from a working Mac SE/30 recently and have been kept
>in anti-static bags ever since, but I have to sell them "as is" (i.e. I
>can't guarantee anything about them except that they'll go in the trash
>if no one else wants them).  Six of the SIMMs have Mitsubishi components
>and the other two have TI (Japan).  If you can use 'em, speak now or
>forever hold your peace.
>
>--
>John E. Townsend
>Sr. Software Engineer          "Machines should work;
>LEXIS-NEXIS                     people should think."
>Dayton, OH, USA                        -- IBM Polyanna Principle
>utownje@lexis-nexis.com

These SIMMs are right for the Sirius.  Good luck!