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Re: Motherboard w/ 16 SIMM SOCKETS NEEDED !!

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From: ESCHULMAN
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 01:48
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timmc@netcom.com (Tim McCanlies) writes:

>Marcelo R Lopez Jr (marcelol@gate.net) wrote:
>: I'm in need of a Motherboard with 16 SIMM SOCKETS (ISA preferably)...I 
>: remember a company called GEKKO made a 486-50 ( not DX2, regular DX ) 
>: that had such a config.  I need at least a 486-33 ( although If I can 
>: find faster..I'd prefer it ).  The main need is the 16 SIMM SOCKETS.  

>Good lord, why?  If it's because you have 16 1 meg simms that you want to 
>use, consider selling or trading them (not hard to do).  Other 
>alternatives include a plug-in card that will use the memory.  I have an 
>ISA caching controller that uses 30 pin SIMMS.

>But again, I think it makes more sense selling or trading SIMMS than to 
>have to settle for a pricey, peculiar motherboard.


Another alternative is to get a motherboard that uses 72-pin SIMM's.  I'm 
now using a 486 motherboard (ISA/VLB1) with a single 16 meg SIMM.  I can 
put three like SIMM's in the remaining sockets to go to 64Mb, though if I 
had that kind of $$ I'd get a new hard drive instead.

Erich Schulman (KTN4CA)
Team OS/2
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Subject: Re: Motherboard w/ 16 SIMM SOCKETS NEEDED !!
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