Date   : Thu, 28 Jul 2005 21:55:07 +0000
From   : Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...>
Subject: Re: [Bulk] RE: Econet-Ethernet bridge

On Thu, 2005-07-28 at 22:41 +0100, BeebMaster wrote:
> I don't think the spare sockets on the Acorn Econet Bridge are for
> "additional" RAM beyond the 8K it is meant to have.  I reckon that
> the design was originally based around 4 2K RAM chips later replaced
> by a single 8K RAM chip when they became more common/cheaper etc
> as with the original BBC OS which was 4 x 4K ROMs and later a
> single 16K ROM.

Yes, you're probably right there. I think I recall seeing 2K/8K links on
the board itself...