[Coco] off topic - pc memory expansion

James Dessart james at skwirl.ca
Sat Aug 21 13:24:49 EDT 2004


On 21-Aug-04, at 12:36 PM, Kevin Diggs wrote:

> 	Anyone know of ways to investigate the absolute
> mazimum memory that the chipset in a PC can support? I
> have a Compaq Contura laptop that has 28M. This is woefully
> inadequate for running Mozilla. Processor is a 486dx2 at 40.

With older laptops the problem isn't so much how much, but what kind of 
RAM. Manufacturers almost invariably made their own proprietary RAM 
cards for these machines.

James




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