NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/sys/ibm/pc/hardware/34845

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From: [e-mail] (W.R. Volz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Gateway Simms - 9 bit or 36 bit?
Keywords: SIMMS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 5 Jan 93 18:42:59 GMT
References: <[e-mail]>
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Naresh Parshotam) writes:
|> I've been talking to some people about this and have received conflicting
|> answers from even the Gateway folks.  I believe there enough Gateway users
|> here in netland with this answer.  Can someone please tell me for certain
|> which Simms are used in the new Gateways?
|>
|> Also, is it wise to get them from a mail-order place and if so, does anyone
|> know of any which price these competitively?
|>
|> Thanks in advance.
|>
|> -naresh-

I just talked to my friendly gw salewoman yesterday on this. She said it uses
72 pin EISA memory. It costs a few $$$ more than standard nx[89] simms.
The question I have is this: It only takes the 4 mb or 16 mb 72 pin modules,
and won't take the 8 mb 72 pin module. I thought that one reason for the
72 pin, 36 bit version is so that you don't have to load 4 slots at once,
it's already 32 bits wide? So why wouldn't 8 mb simms work?? As usual
a call to their tech. service line was a waste of time. No one ever got back
to me.

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Bill Volz
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