[rescue] Dataram 64mb sbus ram expansion

[William Barnett-Lewis]

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 at 22:17, William Barnett-Lewis via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>> BUT the big surprise that I had forgotten I had was a Dataram 64mb
>> sbus memory expansion (with the all important ribbon cable) from a
>> long gone IPX.
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> I had never seen one of these before.  Apparently they're only for the SS2 and IPX, and require additional power from a special motherboard connector.
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> What would happen if you put it in a different machine, and were able to externally supply the correct power?  Could this theoretically work in an SS1, or an IPC?
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> -Henry

No idea, I only used it in an IPX. It's an interesting thought
experiment though!

William
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