I picked up at an auction for about .50 apiece some old 386 "luggable" computers. They have a handle built it and come in a carrying case, but are about 5 or 6 times the size of a laptop. They have a little LCD (mono) screen and detachable keyboard. They came with 2MB RAM each, but I've got alot of chips available and would like to add more to one or more of them. Each has 8 RAM banks (30 pin). According to the manuals (which I *did* get with them), they can take up to 16MB. They provide a table showing what size chip(s) to put in which slot(s). For 16MB, they show only 4 4MB chips in the first 4 slots. For 10MB, the show 2 4MB chips in the 1st 2 slots and 2 1MB chips in the next 2. Here's my question regarding this: am I limited to the configurations they show in the manual? Could I, for example, put 2 4MB chips in the first 2 slots and fill up the rest with 1MB chips to get 14MB? I mean, apart from other contraints, such as having to use the chips in pairs. I would guess total capacity might be limited to 16MB, but it's not apparent to me up front why varying combinations up tp 16MB wouldn't be possible. Any explanations/input on this anyone?
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