From: Matthias Wächter <matthias_at_waechter.wiz.at>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 19:00:54 +0200 (CEST)

Hi!

Question (maybe a little bit off-topic): Is there someone playing with
enhancing the RAM of the Jukebox (you know, opening and soldering)? I
mean, we all know that 2MB is not _that_ much (f.e. for 200+ song titles
in the list to sort :-)), other players have 8MB to save battery power
(well, to make the device smaller by using smaller batteries). The SH-1
supports up to 16 MB of DRAM, so even if it's a hard and dirty job, one
could enhance/replace the memory using additional DRAM modules (f.e. by
piggy-packing them on the one already there). An additional address
decoder will be necessary, too.

I should start discussing this topic after I opened my AJB6 for once but
maybe there is already someone out there yelling "Hello, I'm here, watch
my project: '16MBing the AJB'" or "Forget it, after a long research I
found out it won't work out due to power issues, space issues, address
decoding issues and firmware issues". Note: Warranty issues are a
motivating factor instead of a show-stopper for me. :-)

Thanks,
- Matthias

-- 
                    "To get control over people, make them trust you.
                                            To make people trust you
                      don't try to tell them the truth about history
                 but make happen what you told them about the future."

Received on 2002-08-12