> On Tue, 16 Dec 1997, Mark Andres wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This is not 100% NetBSD-related, but here goes. I have a IIcx currently
> > running NetBSD 1.3-ALPHA 99.99% of the time. The IIcx has 8 SIMM slots and
> > currently I have the following: Bay A = 4 x 4MB SIMMS; Bay B = 4 x 1MB
> > SIMMS.  This gives me a total of 20MB and this shows up fine under both
> > MacOS and NetBSD.
> > 
> > If I take the 1MB SIMMs out of Bay B and add 4 4MB SIMMs, I think I should
> > get 32MB total RAM.  But when I start up, I only have 20MB of RAM showing
> > up under MacOS in "About This Macintosh ...". NetBSD also only recognizes 
> > 20MB.  I KNOW these are really 4 MB SIMMs.  Does anyone know if there is
> > some hardware limitation on the SIMMs that go in Bay B of a IIcx that 
> > limits each slot from recognizing more than 1 MB?
> > 
> > Since I have the spare SIMMs, it would be nice to have my IIcx runninhg
> > with 32MB of RAM instead of 20MB.  Any help or advice greatly appreciated.
> > 

	Actually, I noticed a similar problem with my IIcx. I bought it
used about 3 or 4 weeks ago from a local guy, and it came with 8MB of
RAM... 8 1MB SIMMs. Well, I swapped 4 of the 4MB SIMMs out of an old IIsi
I have that is sitting out in my garage, and swapped the 4's into the IIcx
and put its other 4 1's into the IIsi. I booted into MacOS and only 8 MB
showed up in the About This Macintosh window. Now, these SIMMs have worked
just fine for years in the IIsi and are working just fine now in the IIcx
after that initial weird boot. Might it just be some weird little nuance
in the SIMM slots? I noticed that they are different from the IIci and
IIsi ones.... at least mine are. Might it be a vendor defect, etc? Or,
maybe they were just loose for the first boot... They are working just
fine now, though.

	Ryan

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