[NTLK] Upgrade ram board for 2000

[Forrest]

On Feb 27, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Smith Woody <woodysmith at me.com> wrote:

> Welcome to the Newton world.  You should be able to to do quite a bit  
> with your Newton as it is, but the 1 mg system ram and 4 mg storage  
> ram is a set up for problems.  The problem is simply a system shutdown  
> when you ask the Newton to do more than it has the RAM to do.  In my  
> case it was having too man apps installed and going from icon view to  
> list view in the Extras drawer.  Even the 2100 can be overloaded,  
> editing a very large document like a 600 page book with too many  
> packages installed can do it.  There are freeze utilities which can  
> freeze unused applications and extensions.  A separate issue is 6100  
> error which occurs on both I believe. Click on Newtontalk link at  
> bottom of email, select archives, select searchable archives and  
> search '2100 upgrade' for some discussion.
> 
> Your upgrade options are to find the a 2100 logic board  and swap  
> logic boards, easy.
> Franks site <http://www.pda-soft.de/2x00_disassemble.html>
> See also <http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple-Tablet-Teardown/2153/1>
> Find the two ram chips which replace the two on your 2000 logic board  
> and swap them, very difficult.  You will find them under the ROM board.
> 

Congratulations on your new entry into the world of Newton!

As Woody said...much easier to just find an upgraded 2000 or a 2100 and just swap boards. If you are hesitant to look online (eBay etc.) give Frank a try ( http://www.pda-soft.de/index.html ).

Thanks,
--Forrest

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