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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Re: Adding VRAM to Quadra 800 ?
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Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:00:23 GMT
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wstuartj@lucky.ecn.purdue.edu (W Stuart Jones) writes:

>I want to go from 512K to 1M VRAM on my Quadra 800.  How many 512K SIMMS do I
>need to buy?

    None. You need to buy 2 80ns 256k VRAM SIMMs. They cost about $30
each from your favorite memory distributor.

>Is the current 512K soldered on the board or do I need to take out the
>current VRAM before I add more?

    The 512k is soldered to the logic board. There are 2 SIMM slots for
expansion.

-Hades
