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Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« on: January 14, 2004, 06:55:45 AM »
Would this GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY add memory to my A4000 without accellerator ??? Can I add as much Zorro2 ramcards as I want on a Zorro3 machine ??? I know Zorro2 is limited to 8 Mb and Zorro3 is not, but I'm not sure enough about it ...
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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2004, 07:03:03 AM »
Same question actually, would this GVP Impact Series II 2000 HC+8 scsi controller work too ?? I can also supply 8 Mb Simm and a scsi controller, is not so fast as a Fastlane Z3  though ...
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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2004, 07:50:15 AM »
slippymadfrog : this is what I found on The Big Book :

GVP Impact Series II 4000 HC+8
The main differences between this version and the 2000 HC+8 seems to the SCSI chipset used. The original card uses a western digital chipset whereas this card uses a DPRC chipset. The card also has 8 x 30pin SIMM slots for adding up to 8MB of additional RAM. The card can use either 1MB or 4MB 30pin SIMMs, however the maximum RAM you can add is still 8MB, even with 4MB SIMMs.

Is this enough as an answer ?? It's all I found ...

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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2004, 09:05:54 AM »
Does this mean that if I add a Ramcard with 8 Mb to my Z3 A4000 that I can not add a CV64/3D with 4 Mb ???  :-?

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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #4 on: January 16, 2004, 08:13:26 PM »
So that would mean that using a scsi controller for the A4000 WITH ram on the card would be a lot better than using a Z2 scsi controller with ram ??? Like for example the GVP Impact Series II 4000 HC+8 ...

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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2004, 02:12:33 PM »
Okay, I get the picture, no Zorro2 scsi controller with Ram in a Zorro3 busboard. Then why did GVP create that GVP 4000 HC+8 which is a Zorro2 card ???

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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2004, 04:22:20 AM »
This is my answer to all the help you guys gave me and I hope you will be happy now  :-D

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Re: Does a GVP A2000-RAM8 MEMORY work in an A4000 with Zorro3 ???
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2004, 02:40:01 PM »
Framiga : I thought I only needed to change those chips if I want to put 256 Mb on it ???!!! Think my 3640 is a 2.1 and the SB is 9 I think ...