home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: news.rmii.com!rainbow!mdaymon
- From: mdaymon@rainbow.rmii.com (Maxwell Daymon)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 72 pin GVP SIMMs
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 00:54:16 GMT
- Organization: Rocky Mountain Internet Inc.
- Message-ID: <4ebt3o$mf7@natasha.rmii.com>
- References: <4ebej2$2i0@daffy.anetsrvcs.uwrf.edu>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: rainbow.rmii.com
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
-
- JasonNeus wrote:
- : 1. So, what would happen if I put an industry standard 72 pin simm into a GVP G-Force '030?
-
- You'd break your accelerator. GVP accelerators use 60-pin SIMMs. 72-pin
- SIMMs are far too wide to fit without some serious work with a hacksaw
- and super-glue.
-
- : 2. Why did GVP make their own SIMMs?
-
- There was no 32-bit standard SIMM when they designed the first boards,
- and by the time the standard was available they were facing angry
- customers if they switched (since they couldn't bring their memory) or
- high costs (for putting both types of sockets).
-
- The 30-pin (16-bit) to 60-pin (32-bit) seemed logical enough, but it
- didn't work out in the end.
-
- Imagine upgrading to an 040 and not being able to use any of your old
- memory.
-