Re: Memory Expander


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Re: Memory Expander



Let him make it on his own if he wants I guess.

At 03:50 PM 3/8/98 -0700, Grant Stockly wrote:
>Why would you make this when the EII is going to be out by the end of the
>week?  The EIII (link menu transfers) will be in 2 weeks...
>
>Grant
>
>>First of all, look around at the kind of hardware other people are using to
>>make their own expanders. If you cant think of a price on your own, you'll
>>never make a good businessman (or Ferengi). I would really recommend against
>>any kind of ram because it takes power. EEPROM is probably the best way to
>>go. Look at other ideas from other people. Hmm. anythink over 1 or two megs
>>is too much if you think about it. Use ASM for the transfers probably. You
>>dont have to, but it sure beats the link menu.
>>
>>At 04:29 AM 3/9/98 -0500, Chris A Brainerd wrote:
>>>Hey,
>>>I've done lots and lots of research into building a memory expander. I'm
>>>getting ready to build the prototype (witin a week), but I need to know
>>>what people want.
>>>Specificly how much storage do you want and at what price? Also would you
>>>want to pay extra to send and recieve with the link menu, or have it be
>>>cheaper and use an assembly program for transfers. If you have any
>>>answers to any of these questions please email me.
>>>BTW: any amount of memory is possible from 0 all the way to 1GB, believe
>>>it or not. Of course a 1GB expander would be ridiculously huge and
>>>expensive (the SRAM chips alone would be $36,250), not to mention
>>>pointless.
>>>
>>>I'm only planning on making 83 compatible software, but if there's anyone
>>>out there who wants to work on making it 82, 85 or 86 compatible email
>>>me.
>>>
>>>Chris
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