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- From: Dan_E_Babcock@cup.portal.com
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- Subject: Re: Moving 500 to 1200, BAD NEWS
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 05:02:35 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- Dale Luck writes
-
- >A parity error will help find faulty/flaky memory instead of
- >just having to guess whether the failure to boot is due to an unseated
- >agnus chip, power glitches from your washing machine on the same outlet,
- >or a zap from having just touched the front of your TV screen.
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- Words of wisdom. I used to think parity was useless until I experienced the
- trauma of a flakey memory problem. No, parity doesn't fix memory problems,
- but it happens to be an incredibly cheap and useful diagnostic tool.
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- Dan
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