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- From: sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
- Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 4MB Simms - are they standard
- Message-ID: <Ieg1WD_00WB2R4Le1d@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 03:54:55 GMT
- Organization: Junior, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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- In-Reply-To: <XP4uqB2w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
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- Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware: 10-Sep-92 Re: IBM PS/2
- 4MB Simms - ar.. by Geoffrey Welsh@zswamp.UU
- > steveh@zentronics.ca (Steve Haller) writes:
- >
- > Hi, Steve!
- >
- > > I have had given to me some IBM 4MB Simm modules (Blue box and all)
- > > and I would like to find out if these are industry standard 4 MB simms or
- > > IBM proprietary??.
- >
- > As far as I know, the PS/2 uses industry-standard SIMMs, and 4 MB
- SIMMs are
- > increasingly common. I am not aware os any incompatible SIMM formats.
- >
- > Of course, there are always SIPPs and ZIPs, but they are visibly
- distinct,
- > so you wouldn't get them confused.
-
- THIS IS WRONG! PS/2 SIMM's are not industry standard in any way. They
- are 36-pin simms, not 9, or whatever the standard ones are. On some
- PS/2 systems, you can install PS/2 SIMM's one at a time, you don't have
- to install in banks of four, and in other systems, you have to install
- in pairs.
-
- Steve
-
-
- "Forgive me please for hurting so. Don't go away heartbroken, no."
- -Peter Murphy
-