Needed, Memory chip info for a Compaq

From: Sipke de Wal <sipke_at_wxs.nl>
Date: Tue Nov 9 14:44:48 1999

B'ichela wrote:
>
> I am aware that this list covers Older systems than Compaq. From
> that appear to be 72 pin. There is memory chips on both sides of these.
> Does standard Simms of the 72pin variety have memory chips on both sides
> of the simm?
> If these ARE standard, does anyone have two 8mb ones? I want to
> put 16mb of ram on the Deskpro as 4mb stinks! The Compaq only can hold > two

Givin' the relative dated type of a PC with 72pin Simm you'll propably
need 8 or 16Mb FastPage type simms. Chances are you will run into
EDO-simms but these may not work. Also a lot of PC's need Parity Ram
type
simms. Some have true parity (an extra 9th bit) some emulate the parity
ram by means of a few gates and a parity encoder/decoder. These may not
work on your Compaq. So look for "true parity FastPage 72pin simms"

Sipke de Wal
Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 14:44:48 GMT