adding memory to 6386E

[a.d.hay]

In article <2258 at ethos.UUCP> gary at ethos.UUCP (Gary J. Smith) writes:
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-->In adding memory to the 6386E, is it necessary to purchase an add-on
-->board, or can memory chips be added into the empty sockets on the
-->original board?  I have a couple of the 1MB "Simm Kits", but the
-->computer fails to recognize the memory when I simply plug them into
-->the empty sockets.  No instructions came with the simm kits.

first: you can't mix 256K and 1M simms on a board.

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L07LL:					L06LL:
banks		2&3			256K:3&4	1M:1-4
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0		1 1			     0 0	0011
0&1		1 0			     0 1	0111
0-3		0 0			     1 1	1111

			L07LL:5678	  L06LL:12,56
board	banks		256K	1M	  256K only
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1	0		0000	0000		00 00
	0&1		.	.		.  .
	0-3		.	.		.  .
2	0		.	0001		01 01
	0&1		.	.		.  .
	0-3		.	.		.  .
3	0		.	0011		10 10
	0&1		.	.		.  .
	0-3		.	.		.  .

0=on, 1=off; all other switches on.

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