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- From: chrisf@nms.otca.oz.au (Christopher Fraser)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Subject: Re: Adding RAM to SS10?
- Message-ID: <chrisf.724906464@gerry>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 02:54:24 GMT
- References: <1992Dec16.152944.22229@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> <BzDr85.8x7@finnbogi.ocs.com>
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- obi@finnbogi.ocs.com (Obi Thomas) writes:
- >Yes, just buy one SIMM. But the SIMMs are the new DSIMM packs, which are
- >larger than the ones used in, say, a SPARCstation 1+. You must also
- >populate the slots in a particular order. The order is documented in the
- >little booklet which comes with the DSIMM (at least, the Sun labeled
- >DSIMMs).
-
- We found that the order listed in the DSIMM manual was in fact incorrect. Has
- anyone else come across this? (They're buggers to plug in too, the manual
- should read hard rather than firm :-)
-
- It's worth noting too that third party supplies of DSIMMs are available and
- cost about 1/2 to 1/3 of the Sun list price.
-
- Cheers,
- --
- Christopher Fraser "First time surrealists are often confused by the
- chrisf@nms.otca.oz.au similarities between fish and telephones"
-