Date   : Fri, 29 Jul 2005 07:57:26 +0100
From   : Mike Howard <aixguru@...>
Subject: Re: Econet-Ethernet bridge

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.

I'm no expert, as some of you will know :) but I was led to believe that 
the memory was upgradeable, to allow larger packets to pass through?

I have two Acorn bridges, hard-wired and piggy backed together to form a 
three-way bridge. One of these has had it's memory upgraded.

Cheers,
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Mike Howard                    aixguru at blueyonder dot co dot uk
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