Re: 17 Meg //e

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <19990827142313.05998.00000756@ng-fm1.aol.com>,
Obsbedia2 <obsbedia2@aol.com> wrote:
>Checkmate Technology, Inc.  ran full page adds touting their one meg MultiRam
>RGM card as expandable to up to fIVE megs with their MultiRam Plus card, OR 16
>MEGS WHEN THE 4 MEGS CHIPS BECOME AVAILABLE IN 1987. 
>
>Did these four meg chips ever come out?  

You'll find 4 mb chips on SIMMs but not likely to find 'em loose. 

>Were they compatible with the same 256K chips' sockets?  

Doubt it since you can't put 1 mb chips in 256K sockets.

>I don't have the Plus card, but have a regular Checkmate Card (3/4 Meg
>maximum).  Could I just replace the 256K chips with 4Meg chips and have a 12
>Meg card then?

Why anyone would need 16 mb in a //e is beyond me, but I expect that the 
expansion card needed to put 4 mb chips in a //e never made it into production.
The IIgs was established by '87 so plenty of stuff supposedly coming out got
nixed after that.
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