Thanks for the reply. However, I do have the service manual. Understand about the memory issue for "normal" memory cards. However, this card is in J12, which is labeled "PDS." The connector is configured much like the "PDS" slot of an SE (suprise).
In that slot it would have to have some "special" use. Something like an automatic RAM disk, or some such? It must need some sort of special driver as it is not seen by the machine in a normal 6.08 boot. Ken -------------------- On 12/08/2002 20:28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Nelson) >At 11:00 PM -0400 8/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Obtained my second Mac Portable today ($5). Inside I found an odd card. >>In the PDS(?) slot was a card that said (Mac Portable 3mb RAM Card) made >>by Sunland Micro Systems. It had no RAM card in the RAM slot on the logic >>board and when I finally got enough juice in the battery to get it to >>boot, it shows only 1mb RAM. The hard drive was toast (made a LOUD >>squealing noise when it finally came on), but I swapped it with a known >>good drive from another machine and it booted OK. >> >>Any ideas what this card might be and how to put it to use? > > Get a service manual, as there IS no PDS on a Portable. You may >not have the right sort of RAM (see below) >Paul > >Upgrades RAM Expansion - 22 >Note: Static and pseudostatic RAM expansion cards are available for the >Macintosh Portable. Static and pseudostatic RAM cards are not >interchangeable. The 1 MB RAM expansion card must be used with a static >RAM logic board; the 1 and 3 MB pseudostatic RAM cards must be used with a >pseudostatic RAM logic board. >1 Note whether the RAM connector has a notch. If it does, install a >pseudostatic RAM card. > >2 If the RAM connector does not have a notch, install the 1 MB RAM >expansion card. > >3 Plug the card into the RAM expansion connector. (indicates second one >from hard drive) Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
