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  1. All the 44256 chips I've seen need 512 refresh cycles (9 bits). They won't work without extra circuitry to generate the extra bit. Good luck finding 256Kx4 chips with 256 refresh cycles.
  2. Request: album cover: Dark Side of the Moon
  3. Could they make a decent case for a 400, which has all flat sides?
  4. Very thin coat of solder might work. Older RAM boards were 'tinned' this way. They do corrode more quickly than gold and need reseating or cleaning, but carts get swapped in and out more often than RAM.
  5. I don't recall. Maybe we used whatever FJC's video recommend.
  6. They might have lowered prices on the 400 and 800 sooner to slow the success of the VIC20.
  7. Yes. It doesn't matter unless you're replacing faulty DRAM chips.
  8. No, the 7-bit ANTIC would only refresh half of a 256 cycle DRAM, so the other half would fail.
  9. 128 cycle 64K DRAM chips are more compatible because some 800XLs have the older ANTIC with 7 bits refresh addressing.
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