Re: OctoRAM Card Information Needed

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Sheane and Bonnie Meikle <action1@telusplanet.net> wrote:

> On a related note shouldn't the Octoram be able to use 9 chip simms of the
> IBM style. I recently bought a bunch to propagate the board with instead of
> 256 k ones and it doesn't seem to recognize them. The only Simm it was
> willing to recognize was the on out of the Q-Ram I have.

9-bit vs 8-bit SIMMs should not be a problem, since the OctoRAM just
ignores the extra RAM bit.

There are other possible problems, however: the "foreign" RAM might have
peculiar timing, not support the access mode used by the IIgs, or have
different refresh requirements.

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David Empson
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