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- From: lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: 3-chip vs 9-chip SIMMs?
- Message-ID: <28552@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 12:23:43 GMT
- References: <Bz9M37.I40@inews.Intel.COM>
- Reply-To: lewis@oasys.dt.navy.mil (William Lewis)
- Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD
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- In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware, sthe@td2cad.intel.com (Siang-Chun The) writes:
- >Which is the older technology: 3-chip SIMMs or 9-chip SIMMs? My PC
- >takes 3-chip SIMMs, and I have noticed that 9-chip SIMMs are far more
- >easily available in the marketplace. Are 3-chip SIMMs an older
- >technology, and likely to disappear from the market in the near
- >future? Or are they simply newer, and not as widespread yet in the market?
- >
- >Are 3-chip SIMMs incompatible with 9-chip SIMMs?
- >
- >Thanks in advance,
- > Siang-Chun.
- > sthe@td2cad.intel.com
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- I too am curious about this, as I am thinking about upgrading to 8Mb
- from 4Mb, and I have (4) 3 chip x 1Mb SIMMS 60ns.
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- I'm only reposting because I haven't seen any responses to Siang's question.
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- Thanks,
- Bill Lewis
-