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- From: wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl (Marcel Wijkstra (AIO))
- Subject: Mac-SIMMs in PC. (was Re: 4M SIMMS prices)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.075736.27609@fwi.uva.nl>
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- Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam
- References: <1992Jul20.195128.3142@otago.ac.nz> <1992Jul23.185258.7070@spectra.com> <23JUL199218572373@zeus.tamu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 07:57:36 GMT
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- rfs0838@zeus.tamu.edu (SCHAFFTER, RODNEY FRANK, JR) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Jul23.185258.7070@spectra.com>, johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson) writes...
- >>The Chip Merchant here in San Diego has 4M x 8 80ns SIMMS for $99.
- > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- > Keep in mind that these are designed for a MAC. There are a few
- >PC mother boards I've heard prople claim use them, but I've never actually
- >seen one.
-
- I recently bought a 386/33 with 1Mb (4x 256x9 80ns) and plugged in another meg
- I got for free from a devoted Mac-user, being 4x 256x8 120ns (not sure about
- speed). After disabling parity check and setting both read- and write- wait
- states to 1, they work just fine...until I have saved enough money to buy
- me 4 Mb (:-)
-
- Marcel.
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- X Marcel Wijkstra AIO (wijkstra@fwi.uva.nl)
- |X| Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
- X University of Amsterdam The Netherlands
- ======Life stinks. Fortunately, I've got a cold.========
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