Original IBM PC memory

From: Jason McBrien <jbmcb_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Tue Mar 27 13:16:28 2001

That sounds about right. I have a second-generation IBM PC, and it can go up
to 256k. I remember being excited that I had the second one, cause the first
had some horrible memory limit and I didn't have the $$$ to shell out for an
AST SixPack or the like. Of which I have several now, of course :)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Innfogra_at_aol.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:41 PM
Subject: Original IBM PC memory


>
> > > Actually, I do have an *original* IBM PC. March 82, 48k motherboard
> > > (not the later 64k), SINGLE side 160K floppy, Amdek color monitor.
> >
>
> Actually I think the first 5 slot IBM motherboard had 16K soldered on the
MB
> and three rows of sockets for an additional 48K. this made it possible to
> stuff it with a full 64K of Ram. The second version had 64K chips soldered
> and sockets to bring it up to 256K.
>
> Paxton
>
> Paxton
>
Received on Tue Mar 27 2001 - 13:16:28 BST