Quick question,
I have an IBM 5150 with the 256k board, all banks filled, and a 1MB card from Lo-Tech to max it out at 640k. This makes the memory on the mainboard essentially redundant, and I could use these chips in another computer too. Is it possible to run the 5150 with only the first 64k bank, plus the 1MB ISA card, and still have 640k total? From what I read, the BIOS requires all banks to be filled, but the Lo-Tech wiki claims that "the use of the boards does not depend on having a certain amount of memory installed."
Before I start pulling them all out, could anyone confirm if this is possible?
I have an IBM 5150 with the 256k board, all banks filled, and a 1MB card from Lo-Tech to max it out at 640k. This makes the memory on the mainboard essentially redundant, and I could use these chips in another computer too. Is it possible to run the 5150 with only the first 64k bank, plus the 1MB ISA card, and still have 640k total? From what I read, the BIOS requires all banks to be filled, but the Lo-Tech wiki claims that "the use of the boards does not depend on having a certain amount of memory installed."
Before I start pulling them all out, could anyone confirm if this is possible?