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- From: lari@saadi.berkeley.edu (Francesco Lari)
- Subject: SIPPs/ZIPs
- Message-ID: <1992Sep11.155628.411@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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- Organization: UC Berkeley Signal Processing VLSI Group
- References: <92254.29809.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 15:56:28 GMT
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- In article <92254.29809.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>,
- J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM writes:
- |> In <XP4uqB2w165w@zswamp.UUCP>, Geoffrey Welsh writes:
- |>
- |> >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.
- |>
- |> There's no such thing as 4 MB SIPPS...is there? My middle-aged machine (a
- |> 386DX/20) uses SIPPS. I haven't heard of anything larger than 1 MB.
- In fact,
- |> larger capacity would enable me to nurse a couple more good years out
- of my PC,
- |> since my usage does not depend on screaming speed...just upgradability.
- |>
- |> Oh, and if there are 4 MB SIPPS, where are they? I'd also be on the
- phone with
- |> the motherboard manufacturer pronto.
-
- What are SIPPS and ZIPS?
-
- FRANCESCO
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