At 10:28 AM 3/13/98 -0800, you wrote:
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><g> Baaaad memories of populating an Everex 3MB XMS card (256K DRAM x 108)
>and folding one pin in the first bank....
>
256K DRAMs bring back all sorts of bad memories. We used to sell 384K
expansions for the PCjr. We ended up with a production line with a handmade
pin bending jig and inserter. Not only were they hell to populate, but when
the DRAM prices went through the roof, we were only selling a few at ~$300
a pop. I can't tell you how glad I was when those new-fangled SIMM-thingies
came out. Now we just have to worry about busting the cheap plastic
retainers on some of the older sockets. I hate it when I have to trash a
mobo for a busted SIMM socket.
Thank you,
David Wollmann
dwollmann_at_ibmhelp.com
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Received on Fri Mar 13 1998 - 12:52:40 GMT