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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcrware!adam
- From: adam@microware.com (Adam Goldberg)
- Subject: Re: 1X3 Sim Memory
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.142115.22773@microware.com>
- Sender: news@microware.com
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- Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
- References: <1id8dtINNqbd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1993Jan6.024656.26446@nuscc.nus.sg> <ZuySrAbNBh107h@trixie.ineab.ikea.se>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 14:21:15 GMT
- Lines: 23
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- anos@trixie.ineab.ikea.se (Anders Ostling) writes:
-
- >In <1993Jan6.024656.26446@nuscc.nus.sg> isc10085@nusunix1.nus.sg (NG YENG YONG) writes:
-
- >>The 1x3's SIMM are actually 2 x 4MBits RAM & 1 x 1MBits RAM Chips. The
- >>1MBits Chip is for Parity checking. They are actually the same as the
- >>older 1x9's SIMM.
-
- >My PC has 4 1x9 1MB simms and 4 1x3 1 MB simms. Works great.
-
- Please, please, please:
-
- The 3-chip 1Mb SIMMs are NOT 1x3, they are 1x9 with 3 chips. You
- would need 3 1x3 chips to be 1Mb (for a PC) since you must have 1Mb *
- 9bits.
-
- I can understand the confusion, however, when one posts about 1x3
- chips, they are only adding to the confusion.
- --
- Adam G.
- adamg@microware.com, or ...!uunet!mcrware!adamg
- The above is not to be construed in any way as the official or unofficial
- statements of Microware, or any Microware employees.
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