Mac 512k

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Fri Feb 1 10:17:15 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Franchuk [mailto:bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca]

> > Remember that it takes a relatively old OS to boot a 512k mac.
> I still remember reading how to upgrade your mac to 512k from
> 128k. The
> old solder on new chips over the old ones trick.

I recall the same kind of trick for a color-computer 1. :) In
that case, it was supposed to give you extra capacity above the
supposed 64k maximum. No idea how it was addressed. It could
be that my memory is cloudy and it was an upgrade _to_ the 64k
maximum.

I seem to remember, for some reason, the upgrade got the thing
up to 96k or some odd number like that.

Of course, this is a vague recollection from an article in a "Hot
CoCo" magazine a while back, so may not be completely accurate.

Or it may be way off. The only part that I recall with clarity
is that one was required to solder new chips on top of the old.

Chris


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