Sun Sparc ID

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Sun Oct 13 10:03:00 2002

On Oct 12, 21:00, jkunz_at_unixag-kl.fh-kl.de wrote:
> On 11 Oct, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> > Uses 30 pin parity memory. May not like 3 chip PC SIMMs.
> May depend on the SIMMs / RAM chips and the refresh cycles they need.
> My SS1+ was happy with 3 chip SIMMs.

So was mine. It does depend on the refresh, though. That's why some older
PCs also have trouble with some 3-chip 30-pin SIMMs. One of my friends had
that problem.

> > Prefers 9 chip SIMMs. Can take 1MB, probably takes 4MB (mine did).
> All SPARCstations should be able to take 4 MB SIMMs as the SS1 can take
> them. (According to the sun.hardware.FAQ file.)

Yes, it does. I had an SS1 and still have an SS1+ that both have 4MB
SIMMs, and I've seen an SS2 with 4MB SIMMs.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Sun Oct 13 2002 - 10:03:00 BST

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