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Re: More than 24 Megabytes in DECStation 3100

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From: Richard Wood
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 1991 22:33
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In article <HARRY.91Feb25124909@stormy.atmos.washington.edu>, harry@atmos.washington.edu (Harry Edmon) writes:
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> Is it possible to put more than 24 Megabytes into a 3100 by using
> SIMMS with 4 megabit chips?


The DS3100 and DS2100 won't recognize more than 24MB of physical
memory.  However, using SIMMs based on 4Mb chips will reduce the
number of components, and theoretically reduce the number of failures.

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Richard Wood     Corporate Worksystems Team      Digital Equipment Corp.
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Subject: Re: More than 24 Megabytes in DECStation 3100
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