well, I just plugged them in (don't recall what slots though).  I did do
it in a set of 4 4M simms (I think it does need the same kind in each set
of 4).  I'll look in my manual and in the machine tonight.

Dan


On Thu, 9 Jul 1998, der Mouse wrote:

> I've got a SPARCstation 1+ at home.  Currently it's got 16 megs of RAM,
> in the form of 16 one-meg SIMMs.
> 
> Under what circumstances can such a machine take 4-meg SIMMs?  I seem
> to recall seeing it said that it could be done, but don't recall ever
> seeing the restrictions delineated.  I've seen a "SPARCstation 1+
> Installation Guide" (Sun PN 800-4784-10, rev A of 2 April 1990) that
> describes how to install 1M SIMMs, including which slots they can go
> into.  But of 4M SIMMs it says only
> 
> 	In addition to the standard 1 megabyte SIMMs, 4 megabyte SIMMs
> 	are also available.  You can upgrade your SPARCstation 1+ with
> 	4 megabyte SIMMs or combine 1 megabyte SIMMs with 4 megabyte
> 	SIMMs.  If you order 4 megabyte SIMMs from Sun Microsystems,
> 	Inc., follow the installation instructions that come packaged
> 	with your 4 megabyte SIMMs.
> 
> This seems to confirm that it's possible, but is singularly
> uninformative about details.  Anyone know, or have a pointer to a
> document that talks about it?
> 
> 					der Mouse
> 
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