Re: A86: Re: External memory...


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Re: A86: Re: External memory...




if you were insane or skilled enough to actually do it, yes.

-josh

On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 20:45:02 EST RoniBarrett@aol.com writes:
>
>In a message dated 1/20/2000 8:05:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>rabidcow@juno.com writes:
>
><< ya know, it should be possible to solder another ram chip in, cut 
>the
> chip select trace and wire it to the extra address line going to the 
>rom
> chip.  theoretically, if you were to go to all the trouble to solder 
>in
> the extra surface mount chip, you could double the memory of the 86
> without an external device.  of course, you could only use the extra
> memory in specially written asm programs, but it'd still be kinda 
>nifty.
>  >>
>hmmmm... Would it be possible to use that like archive RAM? You have a 
>little 
>app that can copy files to the extra chip, and copy them back when you 
>want 
>to use them?
>
>Jeff Barrett
>

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