No one ever brought out a 256 Meg DIMM (168 pin 5v) for the PCI Macs. 128s were the largest. 256 and even 512 Meg DIMMs were planned, but when the trend went to a different type DIMM, they never materialized.
I'd check Apple Profiler to see what they are exactly. I'd be willing to bet that the total RAM is 256 Meg via a pair of 128s, or someone is counting the total RAM for pairs in the Mac. That was a common way to measure RAM in the older computers that required pairs of SIMMs (72 pin RAM) or sets of 4 matching SIMMs (30 pin RAM) IE: a pair of 32 Meg 72 pin SIMMs would be rated as 64 Meg of RAM and 4 - 8 meg 30 pin SIMMs would be called 32 Meg. David Allen Stephen Kenda wrote: > Dear Good Listers, > > I was talking to someone who is selling a powermac 8500 and was surprised to hear > that it had two > 256 mb ram dimms in it. I did not know you could use 256 mb ram dimms in these pci > powermacs. > > Has anyone had any direct experience with 256 mb ram dimms in PCI-powermacs? If so, > I'd like to hear > about it. In particular i'd appreciate any info that would be important to find out > about this ram > before further entertaining the idea of purchasing a pci-powermac so-equipped. > > thanks in advance for your thoughts. > > stephen kenda > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
