MPC60 Memory Expansions - No more hack jobs

Hey Ya'll,
A friend has made memory expansions for the MPC60.
Here is a pic of the one currently installed in my MPC.



No need for hack jobs anymore.
They are newly manufactured drop in replacements for the old memory expansions.
There will be a webpage going up soon with pricing and other relevant info.

whaaaaat!!! looks clean!

nice! good work my man! this is huge news!

yeah you get props over here! lookin forward to seein them on sale.

how can i tell if i have the hack job or not, i just got my mpc and it had max sampling time. there was no mention of upgraded memory when i bought it.

Are these Everett's boards?

If you have max sampling time and have no issues then don't worry about it your fine, it's only a 'hack' if you screw it up somehow. Many people are using their home upgraded MPC's without issue.

But to address your question, if you have ram chips soldered onto other ram chips then you have the so called hack.

That's amazing, great work...

Nice job!

What would be interesting to know is exactly how much RAM the OS is actually able to address with the existing hardware. A memory expansion beyond 1.5 MB would be quite someting..

mad props!!!!

Yeah, the next step is to modify the OS to see more ram, and make bigger cards!

This is great news for the Classic MPC60 owners. Now for modifying it for the S950s, it shouldnt be that hard. Like skylab001 said, many people have no issues with the hacked version unless it used cheap memory and done sloppily. Back in the day when I got my MKI, I was looking for the upgrade but could not find it so I decided to do the hack on my own. I have been using it for over 6 years with no problems, but if given a choice I would have bought the real deal.

rtech

skylab001 wrote:Are these Everett's boards?

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I have no idea what an "Everatt " board is.

The webpage is now live. Click the link for information and ordering.
http://www.sequentix.com/exm003.htm

Once these sell out can we have (or purchase) the CAD files for the PCB? We could do a coop thing here in the states and make them up and offer at cost.

Hey Ya'll,
A friend has made memory expansions for the MPC60.
Here is a pic of the one currently installed in my MPC.

That's funny, 'your friend'..... why didn't you just mention it was Colin that made these up in the first place. Good price if your in the UK and Colin does great work, but honestly in the states I think its high, especially when I know there is a member here that is currently prototyping a board and is trying to set it up to be a low cost solution. These boards in small qty cost about $30-$50 to build, depending on where/if you can find the memory chips and for how much. I know because I went as far as sourcing parts and mfg, but stopped short because I was just too busy to take on another project right now.

So hold tight if you're in the states, there may be a cheaper solution on the horizon. Also if you need to build one from a pcb or kit form, I've got a bunch of the very rare NOS memory chips here that I bought in quantity for repair. I wouldn't mind letting the extras go.