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- From: steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Loopy - the spineless boy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Another R4000 Memory question
- Message-ID: <nsja0mc@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 23:10:57 GMT
- References: <l78ufhINN2a7@skat.usc.edu>
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- In <l78ufhINN2a7@skat.usc.edu> robertl@skat.usc.edu (Robert Letterman) writes:
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- >It was posted, that the new R4k Indigo uses standard simms. I was
- >wondering if anyone could confirm wether or not these are the same simms used
- >in the Macintosh Computer.
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- The low end Macs used 64 pin x8 simms that worked in the 4D20/25. I don't know
- what the 32 bit Macs use these days. The R4K indigo uses standard 32bit wide
- memory simms (plus 4 parity bits). Only a 32 bit or wider processor would
- benefit from such simms.
-
- >Mac 4 meg simm are $100 each, and SGI 4 meg simms are not.
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- For simms this price, I would bet that they are the 64 pin x8 simms, which are
- a very high volume configuration. The 72 pin x36 simms aren't quite as high
- a volume, and probably would sell for $35/MB or so. If you don't know what
- you are doing, I would strongly suggest you not plug in random simms into
- your $20K workstation!
-
- >I'm crossing my fingers,
-
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