Z64 and bigger cartridges

[tuxmaskone]

Looking back at all those poor poor v1 owners of the Z64, what's gonna happen to us v2 and 3 owners when the bigger carts come out? Will we become the poor poor v2 and v3 owners who have to go out and buy an expensive upgrade? Why *did* the v1 owners even have to buy an upgrade, couldn't they just buy new RAM and pop it in themselves?? Will the v2 & 3 owners be able to just buy new ram??

~The very concerned Nick

[This message has been edited by tuxmaskone (edited 05-03-99).]

[Harrison Electronics]

Sorry, nick
it dosn't work that way, never has
the hardware has to support the new memory
someone a while back was telling people to "just go buy a 32 meg simm" well thats just false, and it will most likely be just as false when it comes to any future upgrades

[Hectic]

How much will it cost to upgrade? I finna' be pissed when Donkey Kong comes out. http://www.dextrose.com/ubb/redface.gif

[sniper]

Come on now, how could they be able to tell what an upgrade would cost now?

Its going to be the same as when Zelda/Turok 2 came out. Atleast wait until the games have been released, then start asking. The upgrade will probably cost about about the same as the last one, since memory isn´t the thing costing here.

But I think it is time for Mr Backup the get a grip and design a Z64 that can be upgraded without paying 30% of the units price in upgrade cost.

Mr Backup should look further than a year ahead when they design the next unit, so we doesn´t have to go out and buy a new costly upgrade each time a bigger game hits the downloadsites.

/Sniper

[jb0395]

I agree 100%, you shouldn't have to replace the motherboard just because you need more RAM.

[Mr.Mucho Romz]

yes...I agree and I think everybody else do to....c'mon guys.....

/MMR

[candiru]

hey guys are you sure about compulsory motherboard change for memory upgrade?
if the problem is only that you don't have 64mbit simms i remember i saw a simm adapter that could carry 2simms in the place of 1 like this:
mem mem
|_____|
|
slot
nice graphics (ascii art!)

let's see if this is the only prob...

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