24 Feb
2008
24 Feb
'08
3:37 p.m.
Does anyone know anything about the type of memory chips (SIMM?) that are required for the
SP700? Can they be found cheaply anywhere? Can I use something I might find at an
electronics/computer warehouse such as Fry's? I have 16MB installed and from the
manual it looks like I need two 8MB SIMMs to brinG it up to the max of 32MB.
- Jeff
24 Feb
24 Feb
5:43 p.m.
I don't own one myself, but according to Roland's information (
http://www.rolandus.com/uploads/CMS/Downloads/110/SamplerCompGuide.pdf )
the SP-700 uses 30-pin, 4x8MB(?), 100ns SIMMs.
This type of RAM goes all the way back to the days of 286/386 and early
486 PCs. They used to come in sizes of 256 KB (256k*8), 1 MB (1M*8) and
4 MB (4M*8).
I believe that 4x8MB means that it uses 4 MB SIMMs, so you need to add
another four of them to max out the memory of the sampler (just like on
most PCs from that time). Also 100ns was probably the minimum spec; you
can use faster modules (e.g.: 70ns), which should be easier to find.
I'm not sure if Fry's would carry something like that; if they don't
then you can certainly find it online, or at those places that recycle
computer junk, where you can buy them in lots and then sort out which
ones work. :)
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myrios wrote:
Does anyone know anything about the type of memory
chips (SIMM?) that are required for the SP700? Can they be found cheaply anywhere? Can I
use something I might find at an electronics/computer warehouse such as Fry's? I
have 16MB installed and from the manual it looks like I need two 8MB SIMMs to brinG it up
to the max of 32MB.
- Jeff
25 Feb
25 Feb
5:09 a.m.
At 2/24/2008 02:43 PM, LM wrote:
I don't own one myself, but according to
Roland's information (
http://www.rolandus.com/uploads/CMS/Downloads/110/SamplerCompGuide.pdf
) the SP-700 uses 30-pin, 4x8MB(?), 100ns SIMMs.
This type of RAM goes all the way back to the days of 286/386 and
early 486 PCs. They used to come in sizes of 256 KB (256k*8), 1 MB
(1M*8) and 4 MB (4M*8).
I believe that 4x8MB means that it uses 4 MB SIMMs, so you need to
add another four of them to max out the memory of the sampler (just
like on most PCs from that time). Also 100ns was probably the
minimum spec; you can use faster modules (e.g.: 70ns), which should
be easier to find.
I'm not sure if Fry's would carry something like that; if they don't
then you can certainly find it online, or at those places that
recycle computer junk, where you can buy them in lots and then sort
out which ones work. :)
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if you guys can figure out which chips you need, I may have em...
I bought extras for s770 way back when...
|_e_/ Dennis Barton <db(a)skylab2000.com>
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