7 Jul
2006
7 Jul
'06
8:50 a.m.
On 7/7/06, Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
All Turbo chip set models had 72 pin sockets. There were a few
non-Turbo (25mhz) machines that had the Turbo chip set and 72 pin
sockets but ran at 25mhz. I have one of those odd ball machines. I
have heard of a slab with a Turbo chip set and 30 pin SIMM sockets but
have not seen one. That may be what you have. Interesting.
Jules Richardson wrote:
I love it when hardware and software just works like that - such a rare thing!
That was one of the beautiful things about NeXT's. Usually everything
just works.
Memory - Can these things take more than 32MB?
Still not got to the bottom of that one, though. There are only 8 30-pin
sockets on the system board (websites lead me to believe that some slab models
had 72-pin sockets instead), but the memory info option in the boot firmware
curiously shows 32MB in two 16MB banks, and in addition reports half the banks
as empty - as though the *system* can physically address more memory, but that
the system board just doesn't have the physical sockets to put any more in...
Bloody nice machines, though.
Agreed. My first love is still the Cube, but the slabs are very nice.
cheers
Jules
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