On Sunday, February 22, 2004, at 10:58 PM, Jeff Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Because I used the header strips, I have the Killy clip left over. The brand was the Newbridge/Newlife upgrade. They were less popular than other brands for some reason, but they had several interesting upgrades for the 128 - Plus.
One interesting aspect of their 128/512 upgrade was that it had 8 SIMM sockets. You may recall that there was a period when 256K SIMMs were between worthless and about $5 - $10 but 1MB SIMMs were still $80 - $120. And many folks had a few 256KB SIMMs laying around unused. With the 8 sockets one could install two 1 MB SIMMs and six 256KB SIMMs and get 3.5 or 4 MB of RAM saving about $150 over what four 1 MB SIMMs would have cost.
Thanks for the reminder about the Newlife, Jeff. There was also a Newlife 2 upgrade that included video out, giving 640 * 480 mono on a standard Mac or VGA display. All this from the humble "unexpandable" 512Ke... Does anyone have one that still works?
Phil
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