[rescue] Dataram 64mb sbus ram expansion

William Barnett-Lewis wlewisiii at gmail.com
Thu Feb 13 23:18:51 EST 2025


It's standard SS10/20/Ultra1 (I think those were the only machines
that used it).

On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM Daniel Williams via rescue
<rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
> I'm interested.  I got my IPX powered up with the new PSU PCB yesterday.  I'll have a look around and see if I have an interesting video card.  I also might have some spare ram, but I'm not sure which type the Axil320 takes.
>
> ~Daniel
>
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM William Barnett-Lewis via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM Henry Bent <henry.r.bent at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> > 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?
>> >
>> > -Henry
>>
>> No idea, I only used it in an IPX. It's an interesting thought
>> experiment though!
>>
>> William
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