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Re: A4000 RAM upgrade
« on: September 21, 2005, 11:42:20 PM »
The el cheapo way to add a quick 8Mb is to throw an old ZII 8MB memory card in.  I think the best option is to get an old GVP HC+8 card and populate with 8 30-pin 1MB simms.  This will be faster than the old dip-style 100+ns boards such as an 8Up! or Supra board but slower than the motherboard simms:( It also gives you a slow SCSI interface). I recommend  disabling the autoboot jumper on the board or be prepared to wait 3 minutes for the A4000 to boot.  The Dataflyer RAM8 board is another ZII option that takes 30-pin simms, but probably slower than the GVP.

Of course, a real 32-bit accelerator with its own simm slots is the way to go, a Cyberstorm or a WarpEngine, but these are not cheap unless you get real lucky.
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Re: A4000 RAM upgrade
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2005, 12:52:22 AM »
There is an option in Prefs that allows you to select 'Use Fastmem first', very helpful if you have a graphics card.  If you are using the native AA display (i.e. Lisa), then your going to be using the chipram for the display.  There was a version of CybergraphX (v.3??) that allowed rtg of the native AA display, presumably to fast ram.  I never tried it myself.
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