WANTED - RAM for A3000 (ZIII, ZIPs or X-calibur for A3640)

[jiffydos]

Hi All,

I am looking for any one of the following devices to get myself at some real RAM for my A3000.  I have an a3640 in it.  So, I can use the expansion board designed for this, if you have one.

- X-calibur (A3640 RAM expander)
- DKB 3128 (Zorro III RAM expander)
- ProRam (Zorro III RAM expander
- FastLane (Zorro III SCSI Controller with RAM expansions)

I was originally intereted in Amifast or Simmfonie.  But, I don't think that 16MB of ram will be enough.  But, if you have either of these, or SIMMS, and you are willing to let them go for short money, I may be interested as a temporary solution.

Thanks!

[x56h34]

Just a friendly advice.

The solutions that you seek are all quite rare, and are basically collectors items nowadays. They all cost more, or in the range of any accelerator card with ram slots on it. Performance wise, an accelerator with on-board ram also puts any of the above mentioned expansions to bed, any time of day.

Just to give you a hint of what you will be paying is the current going price for DKB 3128. It goes for about $300USD on eBay.

[jiffydos]

Sadly, I haven't even seen one on Ebay lately.  You can't even find one in the "completed auctions" searches.

I know they are rare... and I am considering just getting a CPU board.  But, I already have the a3640.  So, to do so would mean I would need to unload the 3640.  Know anyone who would want one?

[adolescent]

One other word of caution, the XCaliber will not fit in a desktop A3000 without totally hacking up the drive tray.

[jiffydos]

OOO... That's a good piece of advice that I was not aware of.  Thanks for the heads-up.  I am sure I will never find one anyhow.

[icbrkr]

I, ermm.. found a place that is selling ZIP chip pulls for 50c each.  I just placed an order for 30 of them - if it all works out (ie, they're worth anything, work, etc), I'll post a little heads up where I picked em up from.  Of course *after* I raid them of what I need  Why 30?  24 to fill my RAM banks, and 6 extras incase I hose something up.

[jiffydos]

Sweet!  Please let me know.

[Tahoe]

Very sweet! I would also be (very) interested!!

[icbrkr]

I shot JiffyDos the address so he can be a guinea pig too.  I guess we'll both get back to you

[adz]

@icbrkr

Any idea as to the type of ZIP chips they are selling? Are they 4x256 or 4x1M?

[Zac67]

Me, too (interested ;-)) - esp. 4x1M static column.

[icbrkr]

I asked specifically for 1x4's and was asked if I wanted FPM's or EDOs.  I ordered a bunch of FPMs running at 80ns since that appears to be the correct specs.  Fingers crossed that they work

[Tahoe]

A bunch as in 200+ ?  :-D

[jiffydos]

I dropped him a line asking about what is left.  Let's see what he says and we'll both get back to the rest of you soon!

Jiff

[Zac67]

icbrkr wrote:
... and was asked if I wanted FPM's or EDOs.

:-o Never heard of EDO ZIPs - I thought they only exist on PS/2 SIMMs and as (very rare) SOJs...