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Re: Phase 5 and the Blizzard PPCs
« on: October 15, 2003, 06:49:07 PM »
@lempkee

Which off-course has nothing to do with 604/603, and all to do with the fact
that the blizz was developed after the PS/2-SIMM-spec was upped with
64 and 128MB modules,while the CS was done before.

Add to that,that a 604 will only work at full speed when it has the simms
in pairs (for 64bit-access).
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: Phase 5 and the Blizzard PPCs
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2003, 03:01:55 PM »
@Eddie
....and the RAM-limit for the A1200-trapdoor is ?


8 MB !!!  :-P

More RAM is possuble, it is just invisible for the mobo and Z3-slots, which is
only a prob with DMA-cards (like Fastlane/4091).
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: Phase 5 and the Blizzard PPCs
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2003, 06:54:11 PM »
@Eddie
Seems you misunderstoodmy 1st post.
64/128mb weren't just not delievered, their pin-out hadn't been defined yet.

They probraly share the pin-out with very small modules not in use by that
time (like 1 or 2mb),but there was just no way for P5 to know that at the time they
desingned the CS-PPC-PCB.
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else