Re: Mem upgrade for 701C - 16M for $285??

[skat@pacific.net.sg (Sam King )]

At 06:10 PM 4/21/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hello all -
>    Soon to be new 701C owner (it arrives Wed) with a question:  Is the
>following for real? Has anyone ever used one of these?  Has anyone done
>business with this guy, Joseph Gadoury. Thanks.
>-Vic
>***********************************************************************
>
>- SO-DIMM 72 PINS MODULE  GOLD PLATED
>- 16 MB NO PARITY
>- MISTUBISHI LOW PROFILE TSOP  chip set -70  
>- 5 VOLTS
>- CONDITON  NEW 
>- PRICE $285.00 
> 
> Fully tested with the 701 Thinkpad
>  
> For other notebook 
> Please make sure that our unit is compatible with 
> None parity & 5 volts  before order 
>
>***********************************************************************
As far as i understand (which may not be all that far) the 701C uses 3.3volt
devices and a 5 volt memory upgrade may damage your CPU board.  As to 'fully
tested with the 701 thinkpad' it never says whether the tests were succesful :)

sam