Hi, Joe. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that all old Macintoshes (compacts, IIs, LCs, etc.) use 30-pin SIMM modules. The difference between them are the speed requeriments, but I bet that the LC's memory is fast enough for any compact Mac (except, perhaps, the SE/30, the Classic II and the CC/CCII).
I think that most compact Macs need the memory modules to be placed in couples. That is because 30-pin SIMMS have an 8-bit bus, and the 68000's data bus has 16 bits (thus 2x8=16 bits ;-) ). Exceptions to this are the 68030-based compacts (the same listed above: SE/30, Classic II and CC/CCII). The 68030 processor has a 32-bit data bus, and thus it needs that the SIMMs are placed in groups (banks) of four. In short, you can use the two SIMMS of your LC to expand any 68000-based compact :-) . Just take into account that 68000-based compacts have a memory limit of 4 Mb, and that upgrading their memory beyond that won't provide more working room. About the video RAM, I don't know what kind of chips/modules does the LC use (perhaps DIL chips?). Anyway, there isn't a single compact Mac whose video memory can be upgraded (they run allways at the fixed resolution of 512x342x2), so I think that won't be of any use. Except if you have an SE/30 with a PDS video board that support the same video RAM chips/modules as the LC's motherboard, of course. Greetings, Antonio Rodr�guez (Grijan) <ftp://grijan.cjb.net:21000/> Joe WF Runnels ha escrito: > Hi, > I have an LC here, its quite a weak sauce machine, even when compared to > my compacts, and I was wondering, because I already stole the HDD out of > it for a compact, if the system RAM in it and video RAM in it could be > used for any compacts? it seems to me it might be different because ou > only need two RAM sticks to fill a bank and not four like in the > compacts... > > does anyone know if I can use any of its parts to help out any compacts, > including the classic and classic II? > > -Joe -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
