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- Subject: Re: 72 pin ram for 2632
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- From: paul@serena.iaehv.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
- Message-ID: <paul.3ivp@serena.iaehv.nl>
- Date: Mon, 15 Jan 96 16:56:41 +0100
-
- On Sat, 13 Jan 96, John S. Burger wrote the following:
-
- > m> Does the DKB 2632 require 72 pin ram with parity or will it take both
- > m> parity and non parity chips ?
- > It only takes non-parity. The manual states that if you use parity SIMMS that
- > waranty is void. You can mix the sizes however. (4, 8 16 or 32 MB).
-
- Excuse me? Here's an excerpt of page 2 of my DKB 2632 manual. (second paragraph,
- last line)
-
- [...]
- In a pinch you can even use 72-pin SIMM's that go in IBM's new PS/ValuePoint
- computers and some PS/2 models. Although these are 36-bit SIMM's, the Amiga
- will just ignore the extra parity bits.
- [...]
-
- I've looked over the entire manual and nowhere I could find it saying using 36
- bit SIMM's would void my warranty. Could you please tell me the page and the
- paragraph where it is in yours?
-
- > // -= John =- jsburger@xmission.com BIX: jburger
-
- Hey! There's a 'Try out CompuServe Free' card in my DKB-3128 manual. Goody,
- now I can download the BlueRibbon stuff for free. :-)
-
- Take care,
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