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Re: FS: Sunday Special --------> Supra 56.6K Voice Modem $169 CDN<----------

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From: PC Professionals
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 00:00
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On Tue, 27 May 97 20:11:25 GMT, wpr124@mail.usask.ca (Wade Reiber)
wrote:

>In article <33893B5D.12D0@mts.net>, Reg Glick <slick@mts.net> wrote:
>>Eric Lin wrote:
>> > 
>> >   ACCO Computer  --  Your favorite computer supply source
>> > 
>> >     12020 Bridgeport Rd.             Tel:   (604) 273-3316
>> >     Richmond, B.C. V6V 1J3           Fax:   (604) 270-0366
>> >     Canada                           Email: acco@tntcomputer.com
>> > 
>> > 
>> > ABIT IT5H HX Chipset                        $199
>> >    -- SoftMenu, 83MHz,SDRAM
>>This Eric dude just don't get it....Once and for
>>all,                          ---->THIS BOARD DOES NOT SUPPORT
>>SDRAM<-----
>Well, I suppose you could put the sockets for it on the board, but 
>since the HX chipset itself doesn't support sdram, that would be 
>rather pointless, wouldn't it? This says something about the sort of 
>tech support you'd probably get from this guy, when he doesn't even 
>understand the capabilities of the hardware he sells.

Just to try and clear everything up for everyone, this board does have
DIMM sockets, but they DON'T support SDRAM, they support unbuffered
DRAM ie FPM or EDO RAM, similar to a MAC. Like it says above, the HX
chipset WILL NOT SUPPORT SDRAM, for that you need the VX or TX
chipset.
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From: jjmck@nbnet.nb.ca (PC Professionals)
Subject: Re: FS: Sunday Special --------> Supra 56.6K Voice Modem $169 CDN<----------
Date: 1997/05/28
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