Subject: Re: FYI: SIMM replacement
To: David Case <dcase@case.com>
From: Douglas Wade Needham <dneedham@dneedham.inhouse.compuserve.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 06/05/1995 18:01:25
> On Mon, 5 Jun 1995, Gordon W. Ross wrote:
>
> > > Date: Mon, 5 Jun 95 16:39:02 -0400
> > > From: Kenneth Stailey <kstailey@eagle.dol-esa.gov>
> >
> > > My Sun 3/60 blew a SIMM (parity errors at boot.) I replaced it the
> > > same day with a 3-chip 70ms 1x9 from Egghead. I just thought I'd
> > > mention that it worked. I could have probably got a better deal
> > > (~$98US for 2 of them) if I wanted to wait.
> > >
> > > Ken
> >
> > Actually, 100 nS. is good enough for the 3/50 and 3/60
> > (maybe even for the 3/2xx but I'm not sure).
> >
> > Gordon
> >
> Actually all the Sun machines up to the SPARCstation 1+ use 100ns (and
> slower in some cases) ram. 80ns and 70ns work fine too but, beware of
> 60ns ram. I have had many problems getting away with 60ns SIMM in a few
> of the Sun machines. The going price for a 1mb 100ns 9bit SIMM seems to
> be about $15-$20 on the net so, don't waste your money on faster SIMM.
>
> David Case
SIMM?? SIMM?? I've got no SIMMs! Strangely enough, my 3/50 and
3/160's do not have SIMMs. They are using 120ns DIP's [I believe they
are 256Kb's as well] 8(. Wish I could convert them.
- doug
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