Thomas Mueller wrote:
. > Where do you find RAM chips < 64 MB these days? My current old computer
. > could use a 32 MB SIMM for a 72-pin slot, but if I could find it, it might
. > cost more than 256 MB RAM new. It would increase my RAM from 20 MB to 52
. > MB. CPU is Cx486DX2-S at 66 MHz, not upgradable on current motherboard.
. > I don't really want to spend more money of this old computer.
I just got some SIMMs from DALCO. 16 MB, 72 pin EDO for US$15 each, 16 MB,
72 pin FPM parity (a real rarity) for US$29 each.
I guess that if I have something that works and doesn't require a lot of
maintenance, I tend to keep using it rather than replacing it with an
unknown. My computers work with DOS, and that I am happy with. I don't know
if a new computer would have a BIOS "optimized" for Windoze and would not
work with DOS or be a lot of trouble to get it working with DOS.
Roger Turk
Tucson, Arizona
