Re: CBM-II solderless memory expansion

From: Mike Naberezny <mike_at_naberezny.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2018 16:31:48 -0700
Message-ID: <1d2149ec-50f1-f306-f22c-96ce687b4525@naberezny.com>
On 4/12/18 1:05 PM, Michał Pleban wrote:
> The widely known method of expanding a CBM-II memory requires soldering
> several things on the motherboard, which is doable but not for the faint
> of the heart.
> 
> Alternatively you can also use the expansion port to connect a big SRAM
> chip which could expand the memory for the 6509, but it would not be
> seen by the 8088 card.

In the mid-1980's, a member of the Chicago B128 Users Group (CBUG) produced a 
plug-in board called B1024.  It provides 1 megabyte using 41256 DRAMs.

I have a B1024 board put some information about it here:
http://mikenaberezny.com/hardware/cbm-ii/b1024-ram-expansion-board/

Regards,
Mike

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Received on 2018-04-14 02:00:02

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