Cacheable RAM on a Socket 7 system

[GiGaBiTe]

You have a picture of your board?

 

[commodorejohn]

It's the first photo in liqmat's giveaway thread.

 

[Syclops]

What you really need is the Cache Ram Module that goes in that Slot. I might have one of those if I dig deep enough.

Well I found what I remembered I had, but it isn't the correct Module for that Slot. Sorry.

 

[Syclops]

Here is a Motherboard on eBay that uses a similar style Cache Memory Module.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Socket-7-A...emory+Module&_from=R40&rt=nc&LH_TitleDesc=0|0

Here is another one.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motherboar...che+memory&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

And here is a Cache Memory Module, but I don't know if it would work with your Motherboard.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Used-Lite-...che+memory&_from=R40&rt=nc&_trksid=m570.l1313

Also some regular Cache Chips, but I don't know if they are the correct ones or fast enough for your Motherboard.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=motherboard+cache+memory&_sacat=0

 

[commodorejohn]

Again, though, the COASt modules, if I read correctly, only ever went up to 512KB, so if I want the maximum cache, I need to go with the DIP sockets anyway.

 

[GiGaBiTe]

It's the first photo in liqmat's giveaway thread.

Is the IC next to the COASt slot the TAG chip? It looks socketed to me.

 

[commodorejohn]

It does kinda look that way in the photo, but it's actually soldered directly to the board; it's a 74something logic IC. The tag chip is the socket between the CPU and the ISA slots.

 

[Syclops]

Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but in sorting some stuff out I found one of these.

 

[Chuck(G)]

I suspect that a lot of those are around, masquerading as misshapen DIMM RAM. I've certainly got one in my own hellbox--don't know what I'm going to do with it, as I don't have any systems that it fits.