--- Chris <mythtech_at_mac.com> wrote:
> >I have one (got the ethernet off of a IIsi that was $5 at the
> >Uni Surplus depot) I haven't considered NetBSD, though. I _do_
> >have a couple of sets of 30-pin 16MB SIMMs - 128MB in an SE/30
> >would be fine. :-)
>
> Might not be possible.
>
> The SE/30 has 8 30 pin slots, and is rated to use a max of 4 MB chips.
> That gives it a max RAM of 32 MB.
The important word is "rated". No... Apple never rated the SE/30
for 16MB SIMMs, but various sources claim they work.
http://www.lowendmac.com/compact/se30.shtml
> But I haven't tried putting more in one, and there are a few Macs out
> there that will use larger chips, or more RAM than they are rated for,
> but most will not (they either don't see the larger chips, or they won't
> access more RAM).
I have had that experience trying to use 64MB 72-pin SIMMs. The reason
it doesn't work is complicated but logical. Is is *possible* to
make a 64MB SIMM work in, say, a 660av, but most of the ones that
happened to have been manufactured have an incompatible refresh scheme.
http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/64mb.html
-ethan
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Received on Sun Jun 09 2002 - 21:32:25 BST