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Blizzard MK IV memory
« on: October 12, 2005, 09:25:58 PM »
My blizzard mk iv 030 has a 16mb memory .

can i upgrade it with any 72pin memory simm ?
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2005, 10:04:38 PM »
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dougal wrote:
My blizzard mk iv 030 has a 16mb memory .

can i upgrade it with any 72pin memory simm ?


Yes, it will take 72pin simms up to 128MB.  If you get the SCSI kit too you can add another 128MB.
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2005, 10:14:25 PM »
Just remember that the SIMMs have to be single-sided.
The SCSI-Kit can supposedly take double-sided ones, but I could never get them to fit.
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2005, 10:22:30 PM »
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Just remember that the SIMMs have to be single-sided.
The SCSI-Kit can supposedly take double-sided ones, but I could never get them to fit.


I'm using a 32 MB double sided SIMM with my Blizzard MK IV, and it fits just perfectly, and have several other memory modules of the same fysical size, and have had a 64 MB double sided SIMM that fitted nice and easily aswell.

However, it will be difficult to find 128 MB modules which will fit the Blizzard MK IV without problems...
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2005, 10:56:47 PM »
You can find HP 128MB simms on eBay every now and then that work with the add-on scsi module.  They don't fit the normal simm on the Blizzard board itself, because the slot is parallel with the board and the 128mb simm is too tall, hitting the 68030 chip and some ICs so it can't clip in.  You're best bet is to find a double-sided 32mb or 64mb simm, which are short enough to fit the single simm slot on the Blizzard board.
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2005, 01:54:16 PM »
Although with the dextrous use of a plastic tie-clip (or even an elastic band) the 128mb simms work fine, as the contacts can still be made with the simm slot - it's just that it doesn't fit in far enough to snap into the simm slots clips.

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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2005, 03:08:41 PM »
I have some 128mb fpm double sided simms which work in the blizzard.  £20 including uk postage, more for outside the UK.  PM me if your interested.
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Re: Blizzard MK IV memory
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2005, 06:06:08 PM »
True, 128 CAN fit, though you need indeed something like a rubber band, just look at THIS link with a nice picture. I have also fitted an identical 128 Mb on a scsi controller for a 1240, which is the same controller as for the 1230/4 and 1260  :-)
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