Subject: Re: EDO-RAM in RiscPC's (fwd)
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Kjetil Bernhard Thomassen <thomassk@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com>
List: port-arm32
Date: 08/26/1996 17:16:12
> From: Robin Watts <Robin.Watts@COMLAB.OX.AC.UK>
> Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 13:48:51 +0100 (BST)
>
> In some randomly numbered message, Marcus Deubel said:
> :Does anybody have experience with EDO-RAM and RiscBSD? The 32 MBytes
> :EDO-RAM PS/2 Simms are much cheaper than the normal 32 MBytes PS/2 simms
> :without parity.
>
> Either you or I are looking at the wrong suppliers then :-)
>
> EDO RAM is typically a couple of quid more expensive than the normal
> stuff.
>
> So is it possible to run
> :1. a Risc PC with EDO-RAM?
>
> No. Definately not. The new ARMs with the "E" suffix know how to drive
> it, but not current generations.
It is possible to use it on a new Risc PC (700 or new 600 series),
but you will not get any performance improvement.
See my earlier email.
Kjetil B.