Hello,

--- On Sat, 12/29/12, Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]> wrote:

> That would be the 32K cache card for the "cache slot" in the IIci. It's 
> >actually a Processor Direct Slot or PDS.

Hmmmmm.  Interesting.  I've always associate SRAM technology with PDAs from the 
mid-1990s.  I had no idea that Apple had incorporated SRAM into the IIci. @_@

> For reasons unknown, instead of simply using exactly the
> same electrical configuration as the PDS in the SE/30 and
> IIsi, Apple changed it for the IIci, then used the IIci's
> configuration in the Performa 600, IIvi and IIvx.

I would be interested to hear the rationale behind their going to SRAM on the 
IIci if anyone knows what it was.

I'm guessing the particular SRAM card Apple used a rechargeable battery?


Best,

James Fraser

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