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Article #197Re: 60ns and 70ns SIMMS in the same computer with Warp?
From: Billy Ko
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1996 00:00
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In message <4kmvo1$ol3@news.pathcom.com> - stonet@pathcom.com (stonet) writes: :> :>In message <4kgg09$71n@news.wco.com> - tiijahar@dsp.com (Harri Kaukovuo) write :>s: :>->>I'm planning to upgrade my computer's memory. Right now I have 16MB (70ns) :>->>installed. I wanted to put 16 or 32 more MB. I've got a good deal for 60ns :>->>SIMMS, but I would like to know if there are problems if you put 60ns SIMMS :>->>together with 70ns SIMMS. Any advice? :>->> :>->Just change your CMOS settings to reflect 70ns memory and you should be fine. :>->Warp should not care what is the speed of your memory, but CMOS settings :>->should reflect the slowest speed you are using. :>->-- Harri :>->--------------------------------------------------------------------- :>->Harri Kaukovuo "Nuoruuden voi tuhlata muttei saastaa" :>->142 Elm Street #204 -Pelle Miljoona :>->San Mateo, Ca 94401,USA Email: tiijahar@dsp.com :> :>Isn't 70 ns a velocity measurement, therefore the larger the number the :>faster the access.... :> :>Damn....where's the off button..... :> :> :>=============================================================== :>stonet@pathcom.com Toronto, Canada :> If I didn't have a sense of humor, I'd say that the speed of the chip (70ns, or whatever) refers to the time it takes for the memory to go from a 0 to a 1 and back again. Commonly refered to as the ramp time. Ideally, a chip should have a ramp time of 0ns, but that's impossible to achieve. We would like to see a ramp that looks like this on an O'scope: __ __| |__ but they always look more like: __ __/ \__ Bill Team OS/2 And up too late... ;)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ee4f,d82d6820978e5010 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ee4f,public X-Google-Thread: f4337,d82d6820978e5010 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4337,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,d82d6820978e5010 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public X-Google-Thread: 10c4f5,d82d6820978e5010 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4f5,public From: ir003870@interramp.com (Billy Ko) Subject: Re: 60ns and 70ns SIMMS in the same computer with Warp? Date: 1996/04/14 Message-ID: <4kq62v$eon@usenet6.interramp.com> X-Deja-AN: 147401759 references: <4kecjv$fsl@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> organization: PSI Public Usenet Link newsgroups: comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.os2.bugs,bit.listserv.os2-l,alt.org.team-os2