According to http://www.vcfed.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-28274.html , this machine has 128KB soldered in, and can optionally use 2 256KB SIMMs. If this is the case, I may have some SIMMs of the right type. Do you have the exact details of the correct SIMMs to use?
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 9:09 AM, jim stephens <jwsm...@jwsss.com> wrote: > I have a friend who wants to add more memory to a PS2 model 30. They are > off in the wilds of Oz and acquired this for a good price and would like to > just upgrade it to run some programs they have which do not run on modern > faster systems. > > I know this is a snake pit to deal with, and can get more info if someone > can get me some information or point me at references for them to look at. > > What I'm really interested in doing is seeing if just the memory can be > had, and it isn't easy to find Sim modules these days, though I suspect > there are metric tons of them rotting in places forgotten and not recycled > yet. > > anyway any info to get started would be useful. > > i see there are entire systems on epay, and may suggest just buying one of > them and cannibalizing them for their memory should the asking price for > the individual SIMM parts be ridiculous. i could buy the system, us the > system to be sure the memory does something and send them the memories > alone for reasonable shipping. It would also net them a backup hard drive > which are very scarce in even good times as well. > > I'm hoping that the memories were common to other systems and not some > oddball special IBM part. Old advertisements that show up on google show a > number of people making them, but that doesn't mean they can be found now > of course. > > thanks > jim > >
