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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!zeos!kgermann
- From: kgermann@zeos.com (Ken Germann)
- Subject: Re: Advantages of 36 bit simms?
- Organization: Zeos International, Ltd
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 03:50:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.035050.4475@zeos.com>
- References: <192pmnINN9q1@hilbert.math.ksu.edu>
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- In article <192pmnINN9q1@hilbert.math.ksu.edu> bennett@math.ksu.edu (Andy Bennett) writes:
- >It has been noted recently in this group that Dell and Zeos now use 36 bit
- >simms on some machines, instead of the old 72 bit simms. Why? Does a 36 bit
- >simm have some advantage over a 72 bit simm that justifies cluttering up
- >the marketplace with another technical detail to keep track of when ordering
- >equipment. I was always taught that the development of interchangable parts
- >was major advance in the industrial revolution. It appears high-tech firms
- >today have forgotten this lesson.
- >
-
- ZEOS had had problems in the past with their memory upgrade policies that
- customers found to be cumbersome and sometimes expensive to upgrade. By
- going with 36bit SIMMS we can offer more combinations of memory without
- sacraficing most of your previous investments. The largest complaint
- the we are accomodating is the ability to upgrade from 8 MB to a larger
- capacity of RAM without having to replace all the SIMMS on the motherboard.
- 2, 4, 8, and 16 MB all can be accomplished with 1 SIMM rather than 4 or 8
- SIMMS. This applies only to the Local Bus Upgradables. We haven't
- forgotten. We just needed to find a better way to accomodate our customers
- needs. Oxy's motherboard will use the "Standard 72bit SIMMS". ZEOS'
- will use the 36bit.
-
- >So anyway, what advantages does a 36 bit simm enjoy (Ken Germann are you
- >listening :-)
-
- Back in January of this year, ZEOS being on the 'net was only a concept
- that I wanted to push through because I realized the value and the need
- to provide levels of support to all users. 9 months later I read statements
- like the last line of this message, I find a large smile on my face
- and a printer in the background printing the message to give to my supervisors.
- They read the messages and they know it was a good decision for them to
- back the continuation and expansion project. :-)
-
- Yes, we listen daily.
-
- Thank You.
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